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CLASS  BOOK 

FOR  1903 


‘ BOARD  OF  ’PUBLICATION 


EDITOR  IN  CHIEF 

CORA  ETHEL  DYER 


ASSOCIATE  EDITORS 

CHARLOTTE  EDWARDS  ALLEN 

FLORENCE  AUGUSTA  COWELL 

EUNICE  RATHBONE  GODDARD 

BLANCHE  BRAD  WAY  HAMSON 
HELEN  KNOWLTON 


BUSINESS  MANAGER 

LUCY  CAROLINE  WELLS 


MT.  HOLYOKE  COLLEGE 

SOUTH  HADLEY,  MASS. 
JUNE,  1903 


V- — ■> 


DEDICATED  BY  THE  CLASS  OF  1903  TO  ITS 
FRIEND  AND  HONORARY  MEMBER 

president  Moollep 


595038 


BUNDLE  of  notes  and  of  jottings, 

A mention  of  work  and  nf  glee, 

To  "bring  to  our  minds  happy  memories 
□f  college  and  dear  1E3D3, 

For  four  years  wb  havB  lived  together  j 
All  onr  work  and  our  play  we  have  shared, 
And  whatever  the  wind  and  the  weather, 

TherB  has  always  been  someone  who  cared, 

And  the  bonds  have  grown  stronger  and  firmer 
Since  wb  entered  our  Freshman  year, 

When  with  faltering  steps  and  humbly 
We  began  onr  cDllegB  career, 

Very  soon  wb  shall  all  be  scattered, 

And  go  each  du  her  own  little  way,1 
But  sweet  memories  shall  never  be  shattered,' 

□ nr  friendships  have  come  to  stay, 

However  the  world  may  treat  us, 

□ r if  here  forgotten  we  be, 

Thoughts  of  college  will  always  stay  with  us, 
And  the  Iovb  for  our  dear  !□□□, 


OUR  HONORARY  MEMBERS 


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MARGARET  SOPHIA  WARDWELL. 

“ Her  very  foot  hath  music  in  it." 

Miss  Wardwell  was  born  at  West  Newton,  Mass.,  where  she 
received  her  early  education.  She  studied  Physical  Training  at 
Dr.  Sargent’s  Normal  School,  Cambridge,  and  Athletic 
Gymnastics  with  Professor  Gilbert  of  Boston.  After  a year  of 
special  work  at  Radcliffe  she  taught  at  Irvington-on-the-Hudson 
for  a year,  whence  she  came  to  Mount  Holyoke  in  September, 
1900.  Rumor  has  it  that  she  prefers  Cleveland  to  South 
Hadley,  and  we  fear  she  cannot  be  induced  to  return  after  1903 
has  graduated. 


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NELLIE  AMELIA  SPORE. 

“ Ever  gentle  and  gracious .” 

Miss  Spore  first  evinced  a fondness  for  gymnastics  in 
Florence,  Ohio,  the  tendency  being  probably  inherited  from  her 
Revolutionary  ancestors.  Her  high  school  days  at  Berlin 
Heights  made  this  still  more  evident,  and  in  the  natural  course 
of  events  she  attended  Oberlin  College,  giving  particular 
attention  to  physical  training.  Since  her  graduation  in  1894  she 
has  been  the  head  of  the  department  of  physical  training  in 
Mount  Holyoke,  with  the  exception  of  the  year  1898-99,  when 
on  leave  of  absence  she  taught  at  Oberlin.  She  has  further 
studied  with  Cornell  faculty  at  Lakeside,  Dr.  Sargent  at 
Cambridge,  and  Dr.  Hitchcock  at  Oberlin.  It  seems  peculiarly 
fitting  that  Miss  Spore  should  belong  to  1903,  since  ours  was 
the  first  Freshman  class  to  christen  the  new  Gymnasium,  over 
which  she  is  the  guardian  genius. 


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HELEN  M.  SEARLES,  Ph.D. 

“ Th  >se  palms  achieved  through  length  of  time 
By  patient  exercise  of  study  and  hard  thought 

This  member  of  1903  was  born  in  Barre,  Canada,  but  spent 
her  early  life  in  Addison,  N.  Y.  After  study  under  private 
tutors  she  entered  Lake  Forest  University,  Lake  Forest,  111., 
and  took  the  degree  of  A.  M.  in  1894.  The  next  year  she  was 
Fellow  in  Greek  and  Latin  at  Cornell,  and  in  1895-1898  she  was 
Fellow  in  Sanskrit  and  Comparative  Philology  at  Chicago 
University,  from  which  she  emerged  a Doctor  of  Philosophy. 
After  a year  of  teaching  at  the  Pennsylvania  College  for 
Women  at  Pittsburg,  she  came  to  Mount  Holyoke,  to  enter 
with  1903  She  has  always  been  a loyal  member  of  our  class, 
and  we  are  proud  to  number  her  in  our  ranks. 


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MARY  EMMA  WOOLLEY,  M A.,  Litt.D.,  L.H.D. 

“ A perfect  woman , nobly  pla7ined, 

To  warn , to  comfort  and  command .” 

Our  President  traces  her  ancestry  back  to  good  old  English 
families,  representatives  of  which  settled  in  Connecticut  in  1665. 
She  is  the  daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph  J.  Woolley  of  Pawtucket,  R. 
I.,  and  received  her  early  education  there  and  at  Wheaton 
Seminary.  She  was  the  first  woman  to  enter  Brown  University, 
from  which  she  graduated  in  1894,  with  honors  in  Latin  and 
History.  After  a year  of  graduate  study  she  went  to  Wellesley 
as  Professor  of  Biblical  History,  where  she  remained  five  years. 
As  head  of  College  Hall  she  won  the  love  and  esteem  of  all  with 
whom  she  came  in  contact,  and  it  was  with  regret  that  they 
gave  her  to  us  in  1901.  The  honored  place  which  Miss  Woolley 
holds  in  the  hearts  of  1903  is  in  some  measure  indicated  by  the 
fact  that  she  received  a unanimous  vote  as  the  most  popular 
member  of  the  class. 


MESSAGE  TO  THE  CLASS 


ATE  DOUGLAS  WIGGIN,  in  one  of  her  inimitable 


descriptions  of  Penelope’s  progress,  tells  of  an  old  train 
crier,  who  marched  up  and  down  the  platform  of  a station  in 
Ireland,  ringing  the  inevitable  dinner-bell  and  calling  out: 
“This  train  never  shtops!  This  train  never  shtops!’’  as  if  it 
were  bound  for  eternity  rather  than  for  the  Lakes  of  Killarney! 

If  I am  not  mistaken,  the  college  graduate  is  soon  willing  to 
admit  that  her  train  “never  shtops”;  that  what  seemed  like  a 
destination  is,  after  all,  only  a station  on  the  road;  that  she  has 
left  one  school  only  to  enter  a larger  one,  has  laid  down  one 
responsibility  but  to  adjust  herself  to  another.  The  college  is 
not  a “finishing,”  but  a “beginning”  school,  to  borrow  the 
words  of  a wise  parent,  and  the  question  for  each  one  becomes, 
“What  has  it  begun  to  do  for  me?” 

May  I preach  a little  sermon  and  give  to  this  question  a four- 
fold answer,  gained,  in  large  part,  from  what  you  have  said  and 
done? 

First , it  has  given  purpose  to  your  life.  You  cannot  be 
aimless,  drifting,  a ship  without  a rudder  or  a port.  There  is  a 
definiteness,  not  always,  or  perhaps  even  often,  a “career,”  in 
the  sense  in  which  that  word  is  generally  used,  but  an 
“aiming”  at  something,  whether  in  the  home  or  outside  of  it. 

Second , there  will  be  perspective,  the  art  of  viewing  the 
events  and  happenings  of  every  day  in  their  proper  relations,  of 
“seeing  large  things  large,  and  small  things  small,”  that  art 
which  has  so  much  to  do  with  making  life  serene  and  steady. 

Third , there  will  be  poise,  not  a self-conscious  pose , but  that 
unconsciousness  which  means  self-respect  and  true  dignity, 
whatever  the  emergency,  the  quality  which  Dr.  Peabody  must 
have  had  in  mind  when  he  said,  “To  live  in  the  presence  of 
great  truths  and  eternal  laws,  to  be  led  by  permanent  ideals,  it 
is  that  which  keeps  a man  patient  when  the  world  ignores  him 
and  calm  and  unspoiled  when  the  world  praises  him.” 

Fourth , there  will  be  power , a word  by  which  to  conjure  in 
these  days!  But  it  is  not  the  selfish  conception  that  I have  in 
mind — the  power  which  is  born  of  wealth,  or  position  or  fame,  and 
which  is  too  often  ignoble.  Rather,  it  is  of  that  force  which  is 
the  electricity  of  the  intellectual  and  spiritual  world.  A life 
stored  with  that  power  is  ready  for  service. 


Mary  E.  Woolley. 


June  29,  1903. 


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MARY  ACHORN. 

“May,”  “Mazie,”  “Toots.” 

“ Oh ! Who  would  mhabit  this  bleak  world  alone?" 

This  diminutive  young  person  did  not  make  her  debut  on  the 
seventh  of  July,  1880,  in  Providence,  R.  I. — though  this  may 
seem  scarcely  credible — but  in  Rockland,  Maine.  But  as,  when 
she  was  five  years  old,  her  family  moved  to  Providence,  her 
affections  took  early  and  strong  root  there.  Just  before 
entering  college,  a great  misfortune  overtook  her — she  went  to 
live  in  Portland,  Maine.  During  her  college  course,  neverthe- 
less, she  has  managed  to  spend  the  greater  part  of  her  time  in 
Providence,  if  not  in  body,  still  in  mind;  for,  when  awake,  she 
writes  to  Providence  (N.  B.,  constant  practice  in  writing  has 
not  improved  her  spelling);  when  asleep,  she  dreams  of  Provi- 
dence (N.  B.,  this  may  account  for  her  propensity  to  sleep).  In 
fact,  all  the  circumstances  of  her  past,  present  and  future  life 
may  be  called  truly  Providential. 


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ANGIE  GERTRUDE  ALLBEE. 

“Hank,”  “Scoot,”  “Fra  Angelico.” 

“ Thou  art  pale  in  mighty  studies  grown. 

To  make  the  Stoic  institutes  thy  own." 

Angie’s  cerebellum  began  to  develop  in  Bellows  Falls, 
Vermont,  on  June  25,  1882,  and  bids  fair  to  keep  on  developing 
until  the  end  of  time.  Though  she  could  easily  be  a shark 
without  grinding,  she  prefers  to  combine  the  two  and  in  conse- 
quence has  doubtless  pulled  many  an  “A”.  However,  we  are 
not  able  to  state  this  with  absolute  authority.  Her  fluency  in 
the  class-room  is  marvellous;  her  logic  in  debate  is  unpar- 
alleled ; in  fact,  her  only  characteristic  in  which  clearness  and 
accuracy  are  not  preeminent  is  her  handwriting. 


To  juev.  Executive  Committee  To  jue'v,  1902-1903. 


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CHARLOTTE  EDWARDS  ALLEN. 

“Jinks,”  “Jinksy,”  “Pop,”  “Shotty.” 

“ The  power  which  the  world  calls  intellect." 

This  scholarly  maid  first  opened  her  wondering  eyes  on 
December  n,  1880,  in  Longmeadow,  Mass.  In  the  course 
of  time  Charlotte  came  to  Mount  Holyoke  because  it  is  “the 
noblest  college  in  the  land.”  Here  “her  intercourse  with 
thoughtful,  earnest  women,  and,  the  introduction  to  the  great 
truths  and  thinkers  of  the  world,”  has  been  of  most  value. 
This  introduction  is  fast  ripening  into  a familiar  acquaintance. 
But  “Oh!  dear  me!”  there  are  yet  worlds  to  conquer,  Charlotte, 
and  books  to  read.  In  the  midst  of  intellectual  pursuits, 
however,  “Shotty”  has  found  time  to  work  for  the  college  and 
the  class  and  to  form  valued  friendships  on  both  sides  of  the 
fence. 

W.fl.;  Tods.  President  of  To  de,  1902-1903;  Secretary  of  Class,  1900- 
1901;  Chairman  of  Lectureship  Committee,  1902-1903. 


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GRACE  ELLA  BACON. 

"■Rich  and  rare  were  the  gems  she  wore." 

Grace  was  born  in  Middletown.  Conn.,  on  April  n,  1879.  It 
became  necessary  very  early  to  send  her  away  from  that 
dangerous  place,  and  Grace  was  transferred  to  the  safe  precincts 
of  Northfield  Seminary,  to  spend  there  the  period  of  preparation 
for  college.  After  this  period,  Mount  Holyoke  was  chosen  as 
the  college  which  would  best  afford  her  the  proper  protection. 
During  her  sojourn  here  Grace  has  distinguished  herself  for — 
shall  it  dare  be  said? — laziness.  It  ’seems  as  if  this  must  be 
wrong,  for  Grace’s  major  is  in  mathematics,  but  judge  for 
yourself.  Of  most  value  in  the  College  Course — “Ten  o'clock 
bell”;  Greatest  regret — “That  every  day  wasn’t  Sunday’’; 
Favorite  recreation — “Trolley  riding’’;  Favorite  walk — “Home 
from  recitations’’;  Future  occupation — “Loafing.” 


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DORA  MAGDALENE  BARNES. 

“Delaney,”  “Ma,”  “Magdalene.” 

“For  every  why  she  sought  a wherefore." 

It  was  in  New  Utrecht,  N.  Y.,  on  the  twenty-first  day  of 
May,  Anno  Domini,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy- 
nine,  that  Dora  Magdalene  Barnes  first  began  to  display  a 
fondness  for  voice-culture.  Throughout  preparatory  school  she 
continued  to  show  this  until  she  came  to  Mount  Holyoke,  where, 
in  her  Senior  year,  this  interest  in  voice-culture  reached  its 
climax.  No  one  who  has  seen  Magdalene  in  the  dispensary 
would  understand  why  she  claims  that  her  greatest  deficiency 
is  ease,  her  greatest  proficiency  awkwardness.  Even  in  college 
we  see  signs  of  her  future  occupation  along  medical  paths 
Why  else  should  she  so  carefully  study  Chemistry,  Biology  and 
Physiology?  Firm,  reliable,  faithful  to  duty,  we  know  that  she 
will  make  a good  nurse  or  a good  doctor. 

To  8e.  Chairman  of  Class  Prayer-meeting  Committee,  1900-1901. 


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MARION  BARTLETT  BARRY. 

“Kid,”  “Barry,”  “Little  Barry.” 

“ The  s weetest  thing  that  ever  grew 
Beside  a human  door." 

Marion  Bartlett  Barry  announced  her  engagement  after 
Christmas  in  her  Senior  year.  This  is  the  most  important 
event  of  her  life.  “To  resume  backwards, ”as  Samantha  says, 
Marion  was  born  in  Passaic,  N.  J. , December  2,  1882.  From 
this  time  on,  she  was  destined  to  come  to  Mount  Holyoke, 
because  her  mother  was  a graduate.  The  Passaic  Colgate 
School  fitted  her  so  successfully  that  she  has  flunked  only  one 
exam,  since  entrance,  that  being  one  given  by  the  Debating 
Society.  Her  most  glaring  deficiency  is  size;  her  most  striking 
proficiency,  talking  rag-time  or  saying  things  twisted.  Marion 
can  do  almost  anything  from  acting  to  grinding;  she  has  exe- 
cuted for  our  class  very  successfully  and  has  given  a grand  piano 
recital.  Marion  once  slid  down  the  bannisters  and  in  Brigham 
Hall,  too.  She  states  that  this  has  caused  her  greatest  regret 
during  her  college  course.  “She’s  a winsome  wee  thing,”  anyway. 

A-  d.\  To  8e.  Executive  Committee  of  To  8e,  1901-1902;  Banjo  Club, 

1901- 1903;  Literary  Editor  of  1903  Llamarada;  Class  Executive  Committee, 

1902- 1903 ; Senior  Dramatics. 


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JOSEPHINE  CAMP  BELCHER. 

“Jo.”  “Cephas,”  “Miss  Belkyer.” 

“ The  intuitive  decision  of  a bright  and  thoroughly  edged  intellect.'" 

Began  to  show  signs  of  a scholarly  attitude  on  October  1, 
1881,  in  Medford,  Mass.  As  to  what  she  has  done  in  college, 
the  following  document  will  testify  better  than  we  can: 

To  whom  it  may  concern: 

We,  the  undersigned,  hereby  testify  that  Miss  Josephine 
Belcher  is  fully  qualified  to  teach  any  class  in  Mathematics  or 
English,  as  she  has  done  most  excellent  work  in  both  these  subjects ; 
or  in  German  or  Physics,  as  she  has  done  domestic  work  in  both 
these  departments;  or  to  act  as  head  of  any  college  house,  as 
she  has  filled  this  position  in  Rockefeller  Hall  the  past  year 
admirably. 

(Signed)  Marcia  Anna  Keith, 

Alice  Porter  Stevens, 
Sarah  Effie  Smith, 
Ada  Brann  Darling, 
Nellie  Amelia  Spore. 

To  8e.  Secretary-Treasurer  To  8e,  1901-1902;  Assistant  Business  Mana- 
ger 1903  Llamarada  Board;  House  Chairman  of  Rockefeller  Hall,  1902-1903. 


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EVIS  HOWARD  BERRY. 

‘ ‘ The  beauty  of  her  quiet  life 
Was  like  a rose  in  blowing; 

So  fair  and  sweet,  so  all-complete , 

And  all  unconscious  as  a flower, 

That  light  and  fragrance  were  her  dower." 

A very  appropriate  name  it  was  which  was  received  by  the 
wee  maiden  who  entered  upon  life  on  the  sixteenth  of  May, 
1881,  in  New  Gloucester,  Maine.  “Evis” — stately,  sweet  and 
thoughtful;  neat,  precise  and  logical;  what  other  name  could 
express  it  all?  The  good  judgment  which  has  always  charac- 
terized Evis  was  shown  in  the  choice  of  Mount  Holyoke  as  her 
college;  she  knew  that  here  money  could  be  “invested  for  a 
higher  rate  of  interest”  than  at  any  other.  At  the  end  of  four 
years,  Evis  declares  with  conviction  that  the  most  enjoyable 
feature  of  Mount  Holyoke  life  is  “the  canoeing  on  the  upper 
lake.”  This  has  yielded  such  a high  rate  of  interest  that  Evis 
is  already  well  on  the  way  to  the  attainment  of  her  ambition — 
“to  be  healthy,  wealthy  and  wise.” 


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HELEN  ELIZABETH  BODWELL. 

“Bo,”  “Bodfish,”  “Fish,”  “Gram  ” 

“ Nimble  with  her  fingers." 

Helen  received  her  temper  on  the  eleventh  of  July,  1881,  the 
day  on  which  she  was  born  at  Randolph,  Maine.  Since  that 
time  she  has  been  striving  to  keep  it,  and  has  succeeded  very 
well,  even  when  those  in  rule  over  her  in  the  line  of  Domestic 
Work  have  apparently  set  themselves  to  the  effort  of  making  her 
lose  it.  The  reason  why  any  one  should  need  to  interfere  with 
her  in  this  line  is  not  plain,  for  Helen  is  known  to  be  exceed- 
ingly domestic  in  her  tastes,  as  the  cognomen,  “Gram,” 
signifies.  A remarkable  combination  she  is,  for  with  all  her 
domesticity,  she  can  actually  keep  accounts,  and  has  covered 
herself  with  glory  in  the  management  of  her  own  for.  eleven 
years,  and  of  those  of  the  class  during  Senior  year. 

Class  Treasurer,  1902-1903;  Senior  Dramatics. 


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ALICE  BULLARD. 

‘ 1 Polly,  ” “ Little  Alice.  ’ ’ 

“I  should  7' at  her  excel  others  in  knowledge  tha?i  in  power." 

The  above  profession  was  first  publicly  made  in  Hubbard- 
ston,  Mass.,  upon  the  first  of  August,  1881.  Since  that  date  she 
has  conscientiously  upheld  her  declaration.  She  declares  that 
her  greatest  proficiency  as  well  as  deficiency  is  silence.  Yea; 
silence  is  a virtue — and  one  productive  of  thought.  Did  she  tell 
us  so?  No,  but  we  know  it;  for  Alice  is  a member  of  the 
Debating  Society  and  most  true  to  its  interests.  She  thoroughly 
approves  of  the  domestic  work  system  since  “it  gives  us  the 
opportunity  to  meditate.”  Surely,  here  is  one  who  has  applied 
the  intellectual  training  of  her  college  days  to  the  “common- 
place deeds  of  the  commonplace  day.” 


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EUNICE  BLISS  BURBANK. 

“Une,”  “Limit,'1  “Whale.” 

'■iAfrie7id  of  all  the  world.'" 

Smile,  Eunice,  so  we’ll  know  you  are  here  while  we  talk 
about  you.  Have  you  always  been  so  happy  ever  since  the  first 
day  in  Longmeadow,  November  9,  1880?  Do  you  explain  your 
habitual  cheer  by  Weismann’s  law  of  heredity,  or  do  you  believe 
in  the  environment  theory?  We  are  inclined  to  believe  in  the 
former,  for,  although  the  environment  may  change,  you  can 
always  smile.  You  say  your  most  striking  proficiency  is  the 
ability  to  “see  the  funny  side  when  there  is  none  to  be  seen.” 
Would  that  we  were  all  a little  more  proficient  in  this  line. 
But  you  have  other  attainments  beside  a sunny  temper — you 
swear  by  Zoology — but  as  if  it  needed  to  be  told.  You  said  you 
came  to  Mount  Holyoke  to  become  acquainted  with  the  faculty. 
Here  you  have  shown  your  refined  taste  by  making  Ladie  (s?) 
of  Quality  your  favorite  acquaintance. 


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HATTIE  LOUISE  CAMPBELL. 

“Jonathan  Pettigiggle,  Esq.,”  alias  “Petti”  and  “Pet.” 

"■Up!  Up!  my  Friend , and  quit  your  books; 

Or  surely  you' 1 1 grow  double .” 

Hattie  Louis  Campbell  began  her  search  for  learning, 
October  9th,  1880,  in  Ashburnham,  Mass.  Since  then  she  has 
toiled  early  and  late  to  fill  her  mind  with  useful  knowledge. 
That  she  has  accomplished  this  is  proved  by  the  fact  that  she 
has  been  chief  pusher  in  the  domestic  work  of  the  Physics 
Department  the  past  year.  Louise  fitted  for  college  at  the 
Plymouth  (N.  H.)  High  School,  and  has  been  a credit  to  her 
preparatory  school.  She  tells  us  that  her  most  glaring 
deficiency  is  hair  and  height;  her  most  striking  proficiency, 
ability  to  live  without  eating,  sleeping  or  exercising.  You 
never  would  suspect  that  she  would  make  a good  walker,  but  yet 
she  states  that  her  favorite  walk  is  across  the  Mount  Holyoke 
Range.  Louise  is  devoted  to  her  friends  and  is  especially  fond 
of  the  Chemistry  Department. 


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CHRISTINE  CATREVAS. 

“Nothing  great  was  ever  achieved  without  enthusiasm." 

Several  years  ago,  in  1882,  the  earth  turned  most  of  the 
future  members  of  1903  into  the  shade  in  order  that  the  sun 
might  shine  brightly  on  the  other  side  of  the  world.  “What 
under  the  sun”  was  the  meaning  of  this  grand  revolution? 
Christine  Catrevas  was  about  to  appear  in  Smyrna,  the  descend- 
ant of  Marcos  Mavroniechalovitchari,  Commander-in-Chief  of 
the  Greek  armies  in  the  Greek  war  for  Independence,  and 
Johanis  Alexandros  Pardhaloponlides,  Deck-Swabber-in-Chief 
of  the  Greek  fleet  in  the  Peloponnesian  War.  This  loyal 
ancestral  spirit  descended  to  Christine  and  the  Class  of  1903  has 
been  fortunate  enough  to  be  its  recipient.  If  asked  what 
Christine  has  done  to  express  this  loyalty,  we  can  make  no  more 
adequate  answer  than  her  expression  of  what  she  thinks  of  the 
class:  “No  room  to  write  it  all.” 

Little  notes  and  words  of  songs 
Writ  for  Nineteen  Three, 

Helped  to  make  our  class  affairs 
All  that  they  should  be. 

Class  Atriensis,  1901-1902. 


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ANNA  CHAMBERLAIN. 

“Ann,”  “Jim,”  “Squad.” 

“ Words , words , an  endless  flood  of  words .” 

On  January  31,  1881,  in  New  Britain,  Conn.,  Anna  first 
began  to  trip  along,  her  tongue  keeping  pace  with  her  feet. 
After  attending  the  New  Britain  High  School  she  came  to 
Mount  Holyoke,  as  she  says,  “To  acquire  wisdom.”  Have  you 
ever  heard  Anna  speak  of  her  uncle?  Well,  let  me  tell  you 
about  him.  He  is  the  no-less  noted  person  than  the  Governor 
of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  and  even  Miss  Prentiss  realized  his 
importance  and  allowed  his  niece  to  attend  the  inaugural  ball. 
Anna  was  well-known  on  the  field  of  basket-ball  and  she  will 
always  stand  out  as  the  “chief  stunter”  on  mountain  day. 

X.  A.  O.  Basket-ball  Team,  1899-1903;  Banjo  Club,  1902-1903. 


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MARION  CLIFTON  CHANDLER. 

“Mamie,”  “Teddy,”  “Tippy,”  “Mary.” 

“ Were  silence  golden.  I'd  be  a millionaire." 

Since  Marion  first  opened  her  eyes,  October  14,  1880,  in 
Plymouth,  she  has  been  a typical  Puritan  maiden,  with  her 
quiet,  gentle  ways,  and  her  constant  desire  “to  be  of  some  use 
to  somebody.”  She  is  so  considerate  of  the  feelings  of  others 
that  she  would  not  hurt  even  a mouse,  but  retires  precipitately 
to  the  nearest  chair  if  one  is  even  suspected  to  be  in  the  vicinity. 
Her  favorite  color  is  brown,  as  seen  in  her  eyes  and  hair,  and 
also  in  a tendency  to  indulge  occasionally  in  a brown  study, 
when  she  is  probably  thinking  of  her  Darling.  No  biography 
of  Marion  would  be  complete  without  reference  to  the  day  when 
she  mistook  a bath-robe  for  a golf-cape  and  started  to  Chapel 
thus  attired. 


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ROSINA  CORINNE  CHILDS. 

“Rose,”  “Rosy,”  “Rosebud.” 

“ What's  in  a name?  That  which  we  call  a Rose 
By  any  other  name  would  be  as  sweet." 

Born  October  4,  1880,  at  Holyoke,  Mass.,  Rose  decided  not  to 
leave  that  beloved  place  for  any  longer  time  than  was  necessary. 
Acting  on  this  determination,  she  did  not  come  to  live  at  the 
college  till  her  last  year,  and  even  then  found  it  imperative  to 
make  frequent  visits  home.  She  has  entered  heartily  into  work 
for  the  class,  however,  and  has  not  shown  herself  lacking  in 
spirit.  It  is  well  that  she  lives  so  near  college,  for  what  would 
the  poor  little  Freshmen  do  without  Rose  to  cheer,  comfort 
and  amuse  them? 


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LAURA  PYNE  CLARK. 

“ In  arguing , too , the  teacher  owned  her  skill , 

For  e'en  though  vanquished  she  could  argue  still." 

Laura  made  her  first  decision  on  April  23,  1882,  at  Agawam, 
Mass.  She  has  since  made  other  famous  decisions.  Not  least 
among  these  are  her  two  decisions  of  Senior  year,  the  one  to  cut 
off,  the  other  to  replace,  the  tassel  of  her  Senior  cap.  But  the 
tassel  should  not  be  brought  again  to  remembrance.  Let’s 
mention,  instead,  Laura’s  visit  to  Williams.  Had  you 
suspected  before  that  Laura  was  very  fond  of  Williams?  And, 
in  passing,  we  might  speak  of  the  fact  that  Laura’s  favorite 
course  is  J unior  Bible ! Laura’s  profoundly  philosophical  mind  + 
influence  of  Professor  J.  — what? — great  renown  in  the 

theological  world? 


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LILLIAN  ELENA  CLARK. 

“Lillie,”  “Sister,”  “C.  P.” 

“ Thy  smile  and  frown  are  not  aloof  from  one  another , 

Each  to  each  is  dearest  brother 

Her  first  word,  uttered  in  Plants ville,  Conn.,  on  February 
24,  1880,  was  “George,”  and  there  have  been  few  days  since, 
that  this  name  has  not  passed  her  lips.  Oil  account  of  her  pull 
with  the  Chemistry  Department,  gained  by  the  aid  of  a few 
boxes  of  flowers  and  judicious  embraces,  she  has  been 
designated  by  other  specialists  in  Chem.  “dummy”  work,  C.  P., 
which  in  this  case  means  Chemistry  Pet.  Care  should  be  taken 
in  applying  this  name,  however,  as  the  following  reaction  is 
likely  to  occur:  Lillie  + C.  P.=Squelch.  Her  greatest 

achievement  at  college  was  passing  with  credit  an  exam,  in 
Botany  9,  although  she  left  L lank  the  first  seven  questions  and 
bluffed  on  the  last  three.  If  you  ever  hear  any  one  cry  in  loud 
and  cheerful  tones,  “You  young  grasshopper!”  you  may  be  sure 
“Lil.  ” is  near. 


X.  A.  0. 


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MARY  AUGUSTA  CLARK. 

“May,”  “Goody,”  “Doctor.” 

“ Whence  is  thy  learning?'1'1 

Mary  first  displayed  a faculty  for  smiling-,  on  May  22,  1880. 
She  must  have  encouraged  this  at  Bedford  Academy,  for  when 
she  arrived  at  Mount  Holyoke  she  was  so  well  versed  in  the  art 
that  she  could  also  smile  at  the  Faculty.  Although  Smith  and 
Williams  are  her  favorite  colleges,  she  is  a good  Holmes  Soule, 
and  as  soon  as  she  has  secured  her  B.A.  she  will  Clapp  her  suit- 
case on  the  Carr  and  see  what  Sporet  there  is  in  becoming  the 
Laird  of  her  own  Marks.  Mary  is  a living  verification  of  the 
law  that  Math,  and  Science  are  good  comrades,  but  she  does  not 
spend  all  her  time  on  them,  as  the  tennis-courts  and  golf-links 
can  testify.  Although  a little  too  tall  to  be  called  an  “all- 
round” girl,  she  is  one  of  those  hearty,  capable,  enthusiastic  girls 
that  make  1903  the  glorious  class  it  is. 

Td  juev.  Executive  Committee  of  To  jaev,  1901-1902;  President  of  the 
Golf  Club. 


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ELIZABETH  MARION  COLBY. 

“Lizzie,”  “Liz,”  “Colby,”  “Lyddy.” 

“ We  shall  not  look  upon  her  like  again." 

“B.  Sept.  15,  1903  (!),  Rockport,  Massachusetts.”  No  one 
would  suspect,  from  Elizabeth’s  present  demeanor,  that  it  was 
ever  necessary  for  her  parents  to  send  her  to  college  to  reform 
her.  Her  numerous  offices,  her  dignity,  her  influence,  but, 
above  all,  the  fact  that  her  favorite  walk  is  “up  and  down 
College  street,”  all  lead  to  the  inference  that  she  was  always  a 
most  exemplary  mortal.  But  then,  Elizabeth  must  know,  and 
she  says  that  “responsibilities”  have  been  of  most  value  to  her 
in  her  college  course.  It  may  be  that  “responsibilities”  have 
changed  her  from  the  care-free  girl,  for  they  certainly  have 
placed  wrinkles  on  her  forehead,  but  let  no  one  suppose  that 
they  have  brought  her  to  the  point  of  giving  up  basket-ball,  or 
of  refusing  to  go  to  dances  across  the  Notch.  And  yet,  what 
else  but  they  could  have  caused  her  to  vote  Amherst  the  most 
unpopular  man’s  college? 

Basket-ball  Team,  1899-1900;  Captain,  1900-1903;  Executive  Committee 
of  Athletic  Association,  1900-1901;  Vice-President  of  Athletic  Association, 
1901-1902;  Executive  Committee  of  Students’ League,  1901-1902  ; President  of 
Students’  League,  1902-1903. 


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ALICE  ELIZABETH  COOK. 

“Cookie,”  “Cook,”  “Alice  Lisbus.” 

“ Liberty  's  in  every  blow , 

Let  us  do  or  die." 

Alice  Elizabeth  Cook  startled  the  city  of  Brooklyn  by  her 
first  enthusiastic  “Bim,  boom”  on  July  15,  1881.  She  prepared 
for  college  at  York  Collegiate  Institute,  where  she  must  have 
waked  up  the  students  for  the  rest  of  their  lives.  How  could 
“Cookie”  do  anything  else?  The  pleasantest  event  of  her 
college  course,  she  declares,  was  the  winning  of  the  basket-ball 
championship  for  three  years  by  1903.  Although  when  asked 
what  she  thought  of  1903,  she  said  “My  tongue  is  ashamed  to 
interpret  for  my  heart,”  we  suggest  that  “actions  speak  louder 
than  words”  when  it  comes  to  Field  Day  and  the  office  of  Junior 
Vice-President.  We  prophesy  that  in  the  life-race  toward  her 
goal,  “to  live  up  to  the  best,”  Alice  will  come  in  a winner. 

Class  Executive  Committee,  1900-1901 ; Vice-President  of  Class,  1901-1902  ; 
S.  A.  C. 


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MARY  GWENDOLYN  COOK. 

“Maysie,”  “Linnie  May,”  “Cookie.” 

“I seem  half  ashamed  at  times  to  be  so  tall." 

“Maysie”  belongs  to  the  wandering  tribe — first  we  find  her, 
on  December  16,  1879,  in  Missoula,  Montana,  but  she  soon  tired 
of  the  wild  West  and  began  to  migrate  eastward.  She  stopped 
her  caravan  for  a time  to  gain  the  advantages  offered  by  the 
Collegiate  Institute  in  Susquehanna,  and  later  wandered  on  to 
Elmira  College,  hoping  to  imbibe  there  a little  more  knowledge; 
next  she  came  to  Mount  Holyoke,  only  to  remain  her  Junior 
year  and  then  the  wandering  spirit  rose  within  her  and  she 
traveled  over  to  France  for  the  first  half  of  her  Senior  year. 
Then  realizing  there  were  a few  more  courses  of  French  which 
might  be  of  advantage  to  her,  she  returned  to  Mount  Holyoke, 
but  much  to  our  surprise  we  find  among  her  answers,  “French  X, 
the  most  harrowing  course.” 


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FLORENCE  AUGUSTA  COWELL. 

“Flossie,”  “Floss,”  “Cooley.” 

“ They  are  never  alone  that  are  accompanied  with  noble  thoughts." 

“For  pity’s  sake,”  here  is  little  “Flossie”  Cowell,  just 
stepping  out  of  the  incubator  on  July  22,  1880,  at  Lebanon,  N. 
H.  Incubators  were  invented  quite  a long  time  ago,  who  would 
have  thought  it?  Surely,  Miss  Cowell  has  more  clearly  outlined 
her  ignorance  because  she  tells  us  that  she  descended  from  the 
Amoeba  and  Adam,  and  so  her  brain  must  have  been  in  a state 
of  coagulation,  or  else  she  went  to  sleep  during  the  days  her 
favorite  professor  expounded  Darwin’s  “Origin  of  Species.” 
We  wonder  why  her  favorite  domestic  work  is  in  the  Botany 
Laboratory.  Is  it: 

A.  Her  intense  interest — 

(1)  In  the  course? 

(2)  In  the  instructor? 

(3)  In  Miss  Ag — r — 's  valuable  suggestions? 

“Many  a flower  is  born  to  blush  unseen  and  waste  its  sweet- 
ness on  the  desert  air.”  We  are  glad  that  this  flower  was 
discovered,  transplanted,  and  has  flourished  in  our  botanical 
gardens. 


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MABEL  FRANCES  CRAIGUE. 

“Pluto,”  “Mabbel,”  “Craigie.” 

“ She  has  an  earnest  intellect , a perfect  thirst  of  mind.” 

Just  to  think  that  the  little  town  of  Amsden,  Vermont,  in  the 
year  1881  and  in  the  month  of  September  on  the  nineteenth  day, 
should  have  the  distinction  of  producing  “Craigie,”  one  whose 
ancestors  were  near  kin  to  Amphioxus.  We  are  glad  to  hear 
that  she  descended  from  a true  vertebrate.  As  a class,  we  feel 
grateful  to  the  powers  that  be  for  permitting  her  footsteps  to 
have  been  directed  this  way.  She  may  not  appear  humble  in 
some  ways,  but  we  are  glad  she  confesses  to  her  greatest  pro- 
ficiency, namely,  “ability  to  flunk”— there  is  an  art  in  every- 
thing. If  “Mabbel”  does  not  succeed  in  her  chief  ambition, 
which  is  “to  get  there,”  it  won’t  be  because  she  has  been  slow, 
except,  perhaps,  in  leaving  the  Art  Library  at  the  end  of  her 
required  hours.  We  are  relieved  to  find  that  Mabel’s  favorite 
walk  does  not  extend  any  nearer  the  Notch  than  the  end  of  the 
concrete  on  the  Amherst  road. 


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MARGARET  ESTELLE  CRAM. 

“Infinity  upon  her  broods .” 

In  an  absent-minded  mood,  Margaret  Estelle  Cram  chanced 
to  be  born  in  Mt.  Vernon,  Maine,  the  last  day  of  the  year  1879. 
She  fitted  for  college  in  Coburn  Classical  Institute  and  spent 
two  years  in  Colby  College.  She  came  to  Mount  Holyoke  for 
the  college  life.  Her  future  occupation  is  “uncertain.  ” We 
wonder  if  Michigan  University  can  have  any  connection  with 
this  uncertainty.  We  are  sure  that  she  will  be  better  able  to  fill 
the  uncertain  position  which  may  fall  to  her,  because  of  her 
favorite  courses  in  Pedagogy  which  she  has  so  successfully 
completed. 


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ETHEL  CUTLER. 

“Tad,”  “Paul.” 

“ Beholding  the  higher  countenance  of  truth  in  the  quiet  and 
still  air  of  delightful  studies .” 

Began  to  take  walks  with  the  Faculty  on  October  31,  1880, 
in  Jamestown,  N.  Y.  If  any  one  wishes  a living  phonograph 
(specialty:  repeating  Professor  Jacobus’  lectures  entire,  exactly 
as  given),  we  recommend  Ethel.  On  account  of  this  ability  and 
a desire  to  read  everything  in  the  original  Greek,  she  is  going 
to  Hartford  Theological  Seminary  next  year.  You  can  also  go 
to  her  for  any  points  in  philosophy.  We  are  quite  sure  she  is 
the  only  one  in  the  class  who  really  understands  the  difference 
between  Determinism  and  Fatalism.  She  has  been  one  of  the 
most  loyal  supporters  of  the  Philosophy  Club,  and,  in  fact,  has 
shown  her  devotion  to  the  department  in  every  way. 

To  8s.  Sergeant-at-Arms  of  To  8s,  1901-1902  ; Chairman  of  Class  Prayer- 
meeting Committee,  1899-1900. 


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RUTH  LORING  CUTTER. 

“Tot,”  “Toggles,”  “Tootsie.” 

“//  is  710 1 e7iough  to  tuti;  07ie  must  start  in  time." 

Ruth  was  one  day  too  late  in  1883  to  help  celebrate  George 
Washington’s  Birthday.  So  firmly  did  she  establish  a precedent 
at  that  time  that  a tendency  to  be  five,  ten  or  more  minutes  late 
has  become  one  of  her  characteristics.  Unlike  her  distinguished 
ancestor,  John  Alden,  she  is  able  to  speak  for  herself,  and  states 
that  she  intends  to  make  it  her  future  occupation  to  convert 
others  to  her  views.  As  whatever  happens  to  her  now,  she 
doesn’t  care,  we  trust  she  will  not  be  disappointed  if  people 
fail  to  adopt  her  views  immediately.  Few  will  be  willing  to 
follow  in  her  footsteps  if  they  are  led  thereby  to  walk  to  Hart- 
ford, forty  miles  away.  Why  did  Ruth  take  such  a long  walk? 
Because  she  likes  to  do  unusual  things.  For  once  she  certainly 
succeeded. 


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GRACE  DAVIS. 

“G.  Davis.” 

“ And  still  we  gazed  and  still  the  wonder  grew, 

That  one  small  head  could  carry  all  she  knew." 

‘‘G.  Davis”  first  inhaled  the  atmosphere  of  this  planet  upon 
the  fifteenth  of  October,  1880,  in  South  Lee,  N.  H.  This  place, 
offering  favorable  conditions  for  growth,  still  continues  to  be 
her  home.  Among  her  ancestors  she  numbers  William  the 
Conqueror;  among  her  most  well-known  friends,  Messrs. 
Carhart  and  Remsen.  Her  early  taste  for  science  was  received 
at  Robinson  Seminary  at  Exeter,  N.  H.  “Approving  of  the 
Mount  Holyoke  atmosphere,”  she  entered  this  college  in  the  fall 
of  ’99,  and  has  since  been  one  of  the  scientific  lights  of  the 
class.  She  bravely  confesses  that  her  favorite  recreation  is 
work  in  the  laboratory,  and  her  favorite  walk  that  from  Mead 
Hall  to  Shattuck.  On  making  a careful  and  accurate  analysis 
of  her  character,  one  finds  her  most  striking  proficiencies  to  be 
tendencies  toward  absent-mindedness  and  making  breaks.  Her 
mind  is  always  clear,  however,  on  the  subjects  of  Chemistry  and 
Physics.  Her  future  will  doubtless  be  spent  in  successfully 
expounding  to  thoughtful  students,  the  chemical  and  physical 
theories  of  modern  times. 


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EMMA  SHEPARD  DAY. 

“ Gentle  and  good." 

Emma  Shepard  Day  is  one  of  those  “Ma(i)niacs”  who  think 
the  State  of  Maine  the  best  place  in  the  world.  She  is  particu- 
larly devoted  to  her  native  city  of  Gardiner,  which  city  she  first 
honored  with  her  presence  the  second  of  November,  1877.  She 
fitted  for  college  in  the  Gardiner  High  School  and  doesn’t  know 
why  she  came  to  Mount  Holyoke.  She  is  devoted  to  the 
classics  and  is  very  fond  of  studying  Nature.  She  especially 
likes  to  go  on  bird-walks  and  can  tell  you  any  bird  from  a blue, 
green-throated  vireo  to  a red-breasted,  green-rumped  yellow 
warbler.  She  is  very  conscientious  and  took  Daily  Themes  for 
the  good  of  her  soul.  Her  favorite  course  is  Pedagogy.  This 
is  for  two  reasons:  first,  because  she  has  herself  taught; 

secondly,  because  it  is,  in  her  opinion,  the  most  soothing  course 
here  given. 


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LOUISE  WHITNEY  DODGE. 

‘ 'And  well  done , too." 

Louise  first  showed  her  democratic  spirit  by  smiling  on  all 
who  greeted  her,  March  5,  1881,  at  Grafton,  Mass.  She  has 
been  daily  the  same  Louise  since  we  have  known  her,  especially 
in  this  particular.  Mathematics  is  her  favorite  study  and  she 
says  she  has  kept  a cash  account  for  four  years.  This  points 
characteristically  toward  consistency.  Although  Louise  has 
refused  to  state  her  aim  in  life,  her  attitude  in  college  would 
justify  the  supposition  that  she  lives  to  serve. 

Class  Secretary,  1901-1902;  Executive  Committee  of  Students’  League, 
1902-1903  ; House  Chairman  of  Porter  Hall,  1902-1903  ; Senior  Dramatics. 


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ALMA  VIRONA  DRINKWATER. 

“ Allie.  ” 

“ They  seemed  to  be  together , though  absent." 

\Cf.  next  page. 

To  Greenwich,  in  1880,  she  came, 

Alma  Virona  is  her  name. 

And  now  my  story  ’s  begun. 

Near  her  sister  is  her  station, 

She  has  chosen  teaching  as  her  vocation, 

And  now  my  story  ’s  done. 

N.  B. — The  author  was  driven  to  poetic  expression  owing  to 
the  lack  of  statistical  information  furnished  by  the  above. 


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AMY  BELLE  DRINKWATER. 

“ She  is  a woman , therefore  may  be  won." 

Another  date  in  history  to  learn  is  March  10,  1879,  the 
birthday  of  Amy  Drinkwater,  which  birthday  was  first 
celebrated  in  Greenwich,  Mass.  Her  education  was  received  in 
her  native  town  and  at  Hardwich  High  School.  She  desired  to 
continue  her  studies.  Believing  Mount  Holyoke  “ a nice  place 
for  young  girls  to  go,”  she  entered  college  in  the  fall  of  ’99  and 
is  now  a loyal  member  of  1903.  She  claims  “an  all-round 
deficiency.”  This  statement  is  contradicted  by  those  who  have, 
with  her,  been  members  of  various  history  and  literature  classes. 
Lest  the  reader  should  confuse  Amy  with  her  sister,  we  will 
state  that  Amy  is  one  of  the  few  in  the  class  who  received  a 
precious  stone  for  a Christmas  present.  The  announcement  of 
this  fact  saves  us  the  trouble  of  naming  her  future  occupation. 


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CORA  ETHEL  DYER. 

“Cosie,”  “Coco.” 

“ Gentle  of  speech,  be?ieficent  of  mind .” 

Oar  typical  Mount  Holyoke  girl  was  born  in  Middleboro, 
Mass.,  January  18,  1880.  She  fitted  for  college  in  Northfield 
Seminary  and  Cushing  Academy.  Glad,  indeed,  is  1903,  that  it, 
as  well  as  Mount  Holyoke,  has  for  four  years  profited  by  her 
ambition  “to  serve,  always  actuated  by  the  ideals  of  truth.” 
Cora’s  greatest  accomplishment  is  the  “rooster-act.”  Her 
greatest  achievement  is  the  Class  Book,  over  which  she  has 
labored  early  and  late.  We  are  sure  that  each  member  of  the 
class  will  extend  a rising  vote  of  thanks  after  reading  the  book. 

To  juer.  Class  Treasurer,  1900-1901;  Treasurer  of  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  1901- 
1902;  House  Chairman  of  Wilder  Hall,  1902-1903. 


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ALICE  GOODNOW  EATON. 

“The  bride-elect.  ” 

Ahce  was  born  on  September  28,  1879,  at  South  Sudbury, 
Mass.,  with  a very  joyful  expression.  This  has  been  her 
favorite  expression  during  college,  though  there  was  not  the 
occasion  for  it  during  the  first  three  years  that  there  has  been  of 
late  It  is  only  recently  that  we  have  discovered  why  Alice 
preferred  the  course  in  “educational  sewing”  to  “sweeping 
unused  rooms”;  this  will  prepare  her  for  the  occupation  shJdid 
not  mention  in  her  answers  for  the  Class  Book.  Now  we  under- 
“d-  Besides  learning  how  to  sew  according  to  the  most 

w^hTbair6?038’  AhCe  ^ V6ry  successful  in  maklng  baskets- 
iTh^r  t \ C°"rse~and  in  cutting.  although  this  has  been  in 

overslept^  m0St  Part'  6XC6pt  f°r  the  times  she  has 


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HELEN  WHEATLEY  EDSON. 

“Eddy.” 

“ A countenance  wherein  did  meet 
Sweet  records , promises  as  sweet." 

Born  February  i.  1882,  in  Randolph,  Vermont,  of  a peda- 
gogically-inclined  father.  Helen  has  been  addicted  to  Pedagogy 
ever  since.  Besides  taking  two  Pedagogy  courses,  she  has 
indulged  in  the  Teachers’  Course  in  Math.,  and  also  the  one  in 
English,  and,  with  the  help  of  all  the  instruction  thus  received, 
she  hopes  to  be  a pedagogue.  So  strong  is  her  desire  to  become 
one  that  when  viewed  in  this  way  “Graduation”  is  the 
pleasantest  event  of  her  course.  Such  a stern  pedagogue  as 
she  will  be!  Beautiful  and  smiling,  she  will  not  find  it  difficult 
to  “teach  the- young  idea  to  shoot  her  own  ideas,”  nor  with  such 
abundant  preparation  as  is  mentioned  above  will  it  be  difficult 
for  her  to  gain  a position.  Already  she  is  besieged  by  principals, 
about  fifty  of  them,  more  or  less,  who  are  urging  upon  her  the 
advantages  of  their  various  offers. 

2.  0.  X.  Class  Executive  Committee,  1899-1900;  Vice-President  of  Class, 
1900-1901 ; Senior  member  of  Lectureship  Committee,  1902-1903 ; Recording 
Secretary  of  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  1900-1901 ; Senior  Dramatics. 


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EMILY  HARRINGTON  ESTY. 

“Esty,”  “Little  Esty.” 

'■'■Behold  in  me 
The  whole  epitome 
Of  versatile  felicity ; 

My  talent  is  no  ordinary  kind.” 

“Esty”  said  her  first  “I  do  not  know,”  on  the  twenty-third 
of  May,  1880,  in  Framingham,  Mass.  Since  then  the  only 
difference  in  this,  her  favorite  expression,  is,  that  she  now  says 
it  in  French,  “Je  ne  sais  pas.”  Everybody  recognizes  this  at 
once  as  eminently  characteristic;  it  has  been  heard  very  often 
in  Physics  Lab.,  in  Latin  recitations,  and  particularly  in  class 
meetings,  where  she  never  had  an  idea  or  an  opinion  as  to  how 
things  should  be  done.  Emily  is  noted,  too,  for  inability  to 
sing,  draw,  dance,  or  act;  it  is  really  a wonder  how  she  ever 
made  the  Glee  Club,  or  ever  appeared  on  the  college  stage  as 
“Beatrice”  or  “Alinda”! 

2 . 0.  X.  Glee  Club,  1900-1903;  Literary  Editor  of  the  1903  Llamarada 
Board;  Member  of  Executive  Committee  of  Students’  League,  1899-1900;  Class 
President,  1900-1901;  House  Chairman  of  Safford  Hall,  1902-1903;  Senior 
Dramatics. 


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FLORENCE  ELIZABETH  FAIRBANKS. 

“ Parting  is  such  sweet  sorrow 

Her  name,  which  has  since  proved  so  satisfactory  that  she 
needed  no  nicknames,  was  given  her  February  25,  1883,  in  West 
Boylston,  Mass.  Her  place  of  birth  also  proved  so  satisfactory 
that  it  needed  no  change.  Yet  with  all  this,  she  states  that  her 
most  glaring  fault  is  lack  of  contentment.  This,  we  believe, 
must  be  true  only  when  she  is  away  from  West  Boylston,  which 
place  she  is  loath  to  be  long  absent  from.  Among  her  college 
proficiencies  everyone  would  feelingly  vote  her  greatest  to  be 
the  able  assistance  given  Uncle  Sam  in  her  generous  ministries 
in  the  Post  Office. 


To  jus  v. 


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GRACE  MAXWELL  FERNALD. 

“ Shouldered  her  crutch  and  showed  how  fields  were  won." 

On  November  29,  1879,  in  Galcon,  Ohio,  an  energetic 
descendant  of  Charles  Dana,  Charles  Dana  Gibson  and  Robert 
Fulton,  set  foot  on  this  planet.  We  wonder  that  we  had  not 
before  guessed  her  relation  to  the  latter  celebrity.  For  four 
years  we  have  seen  Grace  steam  around  the  Campus  speeding 
by  every  tug  in  her  path.  She  finds  active  expression  of  her 
fund  of  energy  in  the  Chemistry  Laboratory  and  in  all  kinds  of 
athletics,  basket-ball,  tennis,  rowing,  etc.  Even  young  women 
in  Holyoke  have  looked  to  her  as  their  ideal  in  gymnastic 
accomplishments  during  her  unselfish  service  among  them. 


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MARY  ETHEL  FERRY. 

“ One  vast , substantial  smile." 

The  Dean’s  sister!  And  yet  more  must  be  said.  She  was 
born,  May  19,  1880,  in  Braintree,  Vermont,  and  has  therefore 
attained  the  height  of  twenty-three  years.  As  to  famous 
ancestors  or  relatives,  enough  has  already  been  stated.  Having 
completed  her  preparation  by  courses  in  two  seminaries,  she 
entered  Mount  Holyoke,  that  she  might  have  an  available  place 
in  which  to  entertain  her  distinguished  relatives.  This,  how- 
ever, has  not  been  her  only  occupation  during  her  college  course. 
In  the  class-room,  Debating  Society,  domestic  work  department, 
and — most  assuredly  not  least — the  S.  A.  C. — her  work  and 
influence  have  been  worthy  of  note.  Her  most  impressive 
characteristic  is  her  resemblance  to  members  of  the  Faculty. 
Her  favorite  expression  is  “cunning.”  Our  readers  may  be 
pleased  to  know  that  she  uses  this  term  in  application  to  others, 
not  herself.  She  plans  to  spend  her  future,  teaching.  In  this 
vocation  her  commanding  presence,  admirable  disposition  and 
ready  wit  will  prove  invaluable  in  bringing  success. 


X.  A.  Q.;  To  /.lev.  Secretary-Treasurer  of  Archaeological  Club;  S.  A.  C. 


ipoj  Class  Book. 


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MAY  FISKE. 

“Of  cheerful  yesterdays  and  confident  tomorrows." 

This  great  musical  genius  sang  her  first  note  on  September 
20,  1880,  in  Palmer,  Mass.  The  rumor  of  her  ability  soon 
spread  to  Mount  Holyoke  College  and  she  was  requested  to 
come  there  to  sing  in  the  choir,  play  the  organ  in  Chapel,  lead 
the  Glee  Club,  run  the  “Mikado,”  and  try  to  teach  the  Seniors 
the  “Ivy  Song.”  Her  greatest  triumph  in  this  line  was  won  at 
the  1902  February  Concert,  where  her  medley  was  universally 
declared  the  best  ever  written.  Her  literary  ability  was  also 
very  quickly  realized  and  she  has  assisted  the  Mount  Holyoke 
for  some  time.  Of  course,  there  may  be  some  doubt  as  to  her 
future  occupation,  but  we  feel  quite  confident  in  predicting 
what  it  will  be  on  account  of  her  unswerving  devotion  to  a 
Beta  Theta  Pi  pin.  For  the  near  future,  however,  she  intends 
to  adorn  the  ancestral  hearth. 

2.  O.  X.  Glee  Club,  1900-1903  ; Leader  of  Glee  Club,  1901-1903  ; Mount 
Holyoke  Boar d,  1901-1903;  S.  A.  C. 


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HELEN  LOUISE  FITTS. 

“Fittsy.  ” 

‘ ‘ To  love  someone  more  dearly  every  day , 

To  help  a wandering  child  to  find  its  way." 

She  claims  as  her  ancestor,  Helen  of  Troy.  This  is  a very 
slight  indication  of  her  very  great  familiarity  with  history  and 
literature.  To  be  in  keeping  she  chose  Concord,  of  literary 
fame,  to  be  her  birthplace,  and  February  22d,  of  historic  fame, 
to  be  the  date  of  her  birth — 1880  is  the  first  year  of  history  in 
her  own  life.  To  the  question  as  to  why  she  came  to  college, 
she  makes  the  characteristic  answer,  “to  make  myself  service- 
able.” Mount  Holyoke  was  chosen  because  Helen  liked  “its 
reputation  and  its  daughters.”  As  to  her  major  subject,  you 
have  already  been  informed.  With  this  in  mind,  it  would  be 
needless  to  add  that  aught  that  flavors  of  science  is  distasteful  to 
her.  Finding  the  specific  heat  of  water  still  lives  in  her 
memory  as  the  most  unpleasant  event  of  her  entire  college 
career.  Her  roommate  states  that  Helen’s  most  glaring 
deficiency  is  “sweetness  at  dawn.”  It  is  so  difficult  to  believe 
this  that  we  question  if  there  are  not  two  sides  to  every  story. 


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MARY  CAROLYN  FOWLE. 

“Chicken,”  “C.  Fowle,”  “Birdie.” 

“ Books , books , books!" 

Miss  Fowle  trotted  into  the  world  on  the  twenty-third  of 
April,  1881,  in  Caesarea  (Talas),  Turkey,  Asia;  trotted  to 
Mount  Holyoke  from  Woburn  (Mass.)  High  School;  trotted 
through  college  in  a jolly,  yet  earnest  way,  and  will  trot  into 
“educational  work,  eventually  in  Asia  Minor.”  Her  favorite 
recreation  is  given  as  “trying  to  mend  breaks.”  She  does  not 
state  whether  the  breaks  are  made  by  herself  or  by  the  Faculty, 
at  whose  table  she  once  sat.  In  this  connection  might  be 
mentioned  her  favorite  walk,  “to  the  dressmaker’s  in  Holyoke 
on  a sultry  day.”  It  is  not  difficult  to  realize  how  feelingly 
Miss  Fowle  makes  this  statement.  She  votes  Junior  year  the 
most  valuable,  and  this  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  she  roomed  on 
the  fourth  floor  of  Mead! 


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HELEN  FRAZER. 

llAsk  me  no  questions  and  J'll  tell  you  no  fibs." 

Your  looks  belie  your  words,  but  you  gave  July  4,  1831,  as 
the  date  of  your  birth.  We  are  sorry  the  sign-posts  have  all 
disappeared  from  your  native  town,  but  perhaps  by  careful 
inquiry  you  could  find  out  at  least  the  approximate  locality. 
We  all  agree  with  you  that  your  striking  proficiency  is  “celerity 
to  change  your  mind.”  Helen  has  tried  several  institutions — 
Dansville  High  School,  Geneseo  State  Normal,  Elmira  College, 
and  lastly  Mount  Holyoke.  We  trust  the  latter  has  been  more 
of  a pleasure  to  her  than  her  answers  to  the  Class  Book 
questions  would  imply. 


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FLORENCE  HOUGHTON  FROST. 

“Floss.” 

“ Tutor'd  in  the  rudiments 
Of  many  desperate  studies .” 

Florence  Houghton  Frost  always  tells  the  truth, so  when  she 
says  that  she  was  born  in  Springfield,  August  24,  1800,  we  would 
fain  believe  it,  although  it’s  rather  difficult.  It  was  shortly  after 
her  birth  that  she  first  asked  the  question,  “What  good  is  it 
going  to  do  me?”  She  then  decided  that  she  would  always 
make  practicality  her  aim.  To  aid  her  in  this,  she  has  studied 
Math.,  Physics,  Chemistry  and  Zoology.  She  has  sedulously 
avoided  the  Classics.  History  of  Philosophy  has  been  a great 
delight  to  her.  But  Florence  not  only  does  these  things  well; 
she  also  is  Grand  High  Mogul  in  the  realm  of  typewriting,  and 
has  had  this  as  her  domestic  work  for  four  years.  We  could 
also  a tale  unfold  of  a certain  W — dg — , but  we  refrain  this  time- 


T6  fJLEV . 


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MYRA  MABELLE  FULTON. 

“ We  grant,  although  she  had  much  wit , 

She  was  rather  shy  of  using  it." 

Told  her  first  funny  story  on  August  2,  1881,  in  Bradford, 
Vermont,  and  laughed  a cheerful  “Ha!  Ha!”  but  in  a minute 
her  lips  began  to  quiver  with  the  disappointment  of  hearing 
that  the  course  in  Wisdom  Literature  would  not  be  given  for 
her  express  benefit.  A course  with  “the  Bell”  soothed  her 
lacerated  feelings  a little  later,  however.  It  might  be  advisable 
for  her,  for  the  sake  of  her  companions  in  the  future,  to  break 
herself  of  the  very  bad  habit  of  bombarding  the  Faculty  with 
dry  toast  at  breakfast. — (Request  of  A.  P.  Stevens.)  A very 
characteristic  remark  of  hers  was  heard  Senior  Mountain  Day — 
“She  out-Woollied  Miss  Woolley.”  In  the  fall  she  seeks  the 
wild  West  for  the  Soule  purpose  of  losing  her  Vermont  dialect 
and  adding  “r”  and  “g”  to  her  alphabet. — “Eas!” 


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HELEN  CHAPIN  GATES. 

“Chappie,”  “Chubby,”  “Tiny,”  “Nella.” 

“She  resembles  a cheerful  thought." 

Helen  is  a traveler.  Born  in  Sholapur,  India,  December 
27,  1879;  prepared  for  college  at  Washington,  D.  C. ; living  in 
Thomaston,  Conn. ; purposing  to  study  music  in  New  York  City. 
Helen  has  traveled  in  college  also,  traveled  from  1902  to  1903. 
It  is  to  be  hoped  the  change  has  not  been  unsatisfactory  to  her. 
It  has  at  least  made  possible  to  her  another  year  of  music  or — 
shall  we  say — of  the  inspiration  of  her  favorite  professor?  Many 
of  Helen’s  dates  to  be  remembered,  or  pleasant  occasions,  are 
connected  with  the  aforesaid  department  and  the  one  who  next 
herself  Helen  would  like  to  be.  Not  every  girl  is  fortunate 
enough  to  be  able  to  carry  out  her  chief  ambition  in  life;  the 
motive-force  comes  from  the  same  kindly  source. 


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EUNICE  RATHBONE  GODDARD. 

“Nan,”  “Goddard.” 

“ Whose  wit , in  the  combat , as  gentle  as  bright , 

Ne'er  carried  a heart-stain  away  on  its  blade." 

If  you  ever  visit  the  town  of  New  London,  the  birthplace  of 
this  famous  linguist,  the  guide  will  conduct  you  to  the  exact 
spot  where  the  little  prodigy  was  first  discovered  with  a 
bluebook  and  a bottle  of  red  ink.  The  promise  of  those  early 
days  has  been  fulfilled,  and  “Nan’s”  favorite  employment  now 
is  correcting  German  exercises,  though  she  stops  occasionally  to 
pick  a merry  tune  from  her  mandolin.  Her  linguistic  talent  is 
further  shown  by  the  fact  that  she  is  the  originator  of  the 
present  participle  dialect,  the  use  of  which  threatened  to  become 
a serious  epidemic  in  Rockefeller  in  1903.  These  attainments 
in  language  have  not,  however,  injured  her  vocal  chords,  for  her 
voice,  which  on  academic  occasions  is  “ever  soft,  gentle  and 
low, ” reaches  great  volume  during  the  progress  of  a base-ball 
game,  and  faily  outdoes  itself  in  giving  the  Dartmouth  yell. 

To  jjlev:  President,  1903.  Banjo  Club;  Mandolin  Club;  Leader  of  Mando- 

lin Club,  1902-1903. 


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ETHEL  ELIZABETH  GREEN. 

“Heathen,”  “Greenie.” 

“Don’t  believe  all  that  you  hear  a?id  only  half  of  what  you  see.” 

Began  to  grow  gullible  on  August  24,  1881,  in  Hartford, 
Conn.  There  is  a wealth  of  affection  in  her  nature,  as  her 
cousins,  the  Zoology  Department,  and  some  Freshmen  can 
testify.  Ethel  is  one  of  those  lucky  mortals  who  always  have 
time  for  anything — she  will  get  a paper  done  a week  before 
anyone  else,  and  then  go  walking  or  “spreading,”  while  you  are 
bending  all  your  energies  to  get  yours  finished.  This 
characteristic  of  being  always  ready  will  insure  success  in  her 
future  occupation — that  of  teaching — while  her  bright,  sunny 
disposition  will  endear  her  to  all  who  are  fortunate  enough  to 
be  her  pupils. 


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DAGNY  GREVSTAD. 

“Dan.” 

“ The  applause,  delight , wonder  of  our  stage." 

“Dan”  made  her  bow  into  the  world  on  the  twenty-ninth  of 
July,  1880,  at  Christiania,  Norway.  One  might  doubt  her 
birthplace  because  of  her  loyal  championship  of  the  advantages 
of  the  great  city  of  Chicago,  but  one  could  never  doubt  the  grace 
of  her  first  bow.  It  left  little  to  be  desired  or  to  be  added  by 
training,  but  another  art — that  of  declamation — has  been 
assiduously  cultivated  with  excellent  results.  The  Freshman- 
Sophomore  debate  was  the  first  occasion  of  the  use  of  her 
powers  in  college,  but  her  advance  was  rapid  from  that  time. 
It  is,  in  fact,  rather  for  her  histrionic  triumphs,  particularly  her 
presentation  of  passionate,  wilful,  “Ingomar,  ” that  we  shall 
remember  her,  than  for  any  success,  however  brilliant,  in 
English,  Course  III,  don’t-you-think? 

r.  K.  Banjo  Club ; Class  Executive  Committee,  1901-1902 ; Member  of 
Lectureship  Committee,  1901-1902 ; President  College  Settlement’s  Association, 
1902-1903. 


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CAROLINE  IRENE  GRIFFIN. 

“ Were  la  pilgrim  in  search  of  peace, 

Were  I a pastor  of  Holy  Church , 

More  tha7i  a Bishop' s diocese 

Should  I prize  this  place  of  rest." 

She  awoke  in  East  Granby,  Conn.,  January  9,  1883.  She 
came  to  Mount  Holyoke  because  she  thought  that  the  Honor 
System  was  one  in  which  the  Faculty  were  on  their  honor  to 
condition  few  and  flunk  none.  Since  then  it  has  been  noticed 
that  the  spirits  of  the  year  have  influenced  Caroline.  The 
months  of  Spring  have  given  her  youthfulness;  Summer  sent  its 
gift  in  her  famed  ancestor,  President  Hayes  (Haze) ; Autumn 
assumed  control  of  her  mouth  and  mind.  Between  the  cold  and 
severe  days,  the  moments  of  entering  Chapel  late  and  of 
umpiring  basket-ball  games,  are  those  warm  and  soft  periods  in 
Psychy  and  Floriculture  Labs.  But  Winter  plays  most  upon  her 
for  the  deadness  of  her  sleep  is  intense.  Her  favorite  spot  on 
the  Campus  is  her  couch  in  37  Mead.  The  most  soothing  course 
for  her  was  English  I,  for  in  it  she  couldn’t  keep  awake.  As 
for  sleeping  over  train  time — ask  C.  I. 


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EDITH  HALL. 

“ How  her  fingers  went  when  they  moved  by  note." 

Edith  acquired  a strong  tendency  towards  Domestic  Science 
on  November  n,  1880.  Finding  that  Adams,  Mass.,  did  not 
afford  as  great  an  opportunity  for  the  study  of  this  subject  as 
she  desired,  she  came  to  Mount  Holyoke  for  the  express  purpose 
of  making  use  of  its  many  advantages  in  just  this  direction. 
Upon  her  arrival,  she  learned  that  no  major  in  Domestic 
Science  was  offered.  She  has  regretted  this  more  than  anything 
else  in  her  college  life  and  has  only  partially  recovered  from  the 
disappointment  by  the  substitution  of  the  study  of  music — in 
which,  also,  no  major  is  offered,  alas!  Domestic  work  has  given 
her  the  opportunity  to  “be  behind  the  scenes,”  and  it  is 
apparent  that  she  likes  all  kinds  and  varieties  of  it  without 
distinction,  for  she  says  that  she  has  no  favorite  work,  but  that 
Domestic  Science  in  general  is  her  favorite  course. 


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AMY  HAMSON. 

“Josephine,”  “A.” 

“Is  she  not  passing  fair?" 

On  December  4,  1879,  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  there  was  ushered 
into  this  kingdom  of  ours,  a fair,  golden-haired  maid.  We  call 
her  Amy  Hamson,  but  she  has  been  greeted,  even  by  our 
President,  with  the  name  of  Helen  Hume.  Glance  at  the  other 
one’s  picture  and  see  what  you  think  about  it.  At  any  rate, 
you  cannot  but  agree  that  the  above  photograph  and  quotation 
should  be  placed  together.  “As  a wit,  if  not  first,  in  the  very 
first  line.”  The  adjective  “bright”  is,  in  its  application,  not 
limited  to  her  hair  or  to  her  wit.  Were  you  ever  in  Chemistry 
quiz  with  her?  Did  you  ever  work  by  her  side  in  Physics  Lab.  ? 
Did  you  ever  plant  Floriculture  pansies  with  her?  ’Tis  all  the 
same,  she  can  but  shine. 


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BLANCHE  BRADWAY  HAMSON. 

“Fiddle,”  “B.  B.” 

“ Holds  the  eel  of  science  by  the  tail." 

We  don’t  need  to  say  that  we,  as  a class,  consider  it  one  of 
the  best  workings  of  the  law  of  evolution  that  Blanche  Hamson 
was  born  November  24,  1877,  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  By  the  fulfil- 
ment of  the  law  of  natural  selection  she  chose  Mount  Holyoke 
for  her  Alma  Mater.  She  soon  safely  found  her  way  into  the 
class  of  1903.  We  welcomed  her  then  with  open  arms  and  have 
since  been  realizing  more  and  more  that  she  was  just  the  one  we 
needed  to  help  make  the  class  what  it  now  is  in  dramatics  and 
large  number  of  good  all-round  girls.  But  we  are  not  going  to 
bother  Blanche  about  Biology  here,  for  she  has  by  that  gained 
an  added  influence  in  college  which  needs  no  words.  Blanche 
has  promised  to  give  the  college  a life-size  portrait  of  herself  as 
soon  as  she  has  made  her  fortune.  We  want  to  tell  her  here 
that,  glad  as  we  know  the  college  will  be  to  receive  the 
portrait,  she  will  never  be  forgotten  there,  if  the  fortune  be  late 
in  coming. 

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ESTHER  HEACOCK. 

“ Impulsive , earnest,  prompt  to  act. 

And  make  her  generous  thought  a fact  A 

Way  down  in  Wyncote,  Penn.,  Esther  first  began  to  be 
proficient  in  Penn,  vowels,  on  December  3,  1880.  Esther  is  a 
very  energetic  girl,  full  of  fun,  yet  sober  on  occasions,  and  ever 
a source  of  amusement  to  her  friends — original,  to  say  the  least, 
and  athletic  almost  to  a fault.  This  latter  fact  does  not  accord 
well  with  her  favorite  walk,  which  is  to  the  cider  mill.  What 
would  the  class  sleigh-rides  have  been  without  Esther  to  sing  the 
“Um-Ha-Ha!”  Well,  do  you  know  that  her  chief  ambition  is  to 
marry  a millionaire  with  one  foot  in  the  grave,  and  her  future 
occupation  to  raise  violets. 

2 Q X.  Basket-ball  Team,  1901-1903;  Class  Executive  Committee,  1899- 
1900;  President  of  Athletic  Association,  1902-1903;  Senior  Dramatics. 


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CLARA  GERTRUDE  HEALD. 

“Gretchen,”  “Trudy,”  “Flirty  Gerty.” 

“ Her  voice  was  like  to  music  heard  ere  birth , 

A spirit  lute  on  a spirit  sea." 

Gertrude  sang  her  first  trill  on  January  23,  1880,  at  Lincoln 
Center,  Maine,  and  very  soon  after  made  up  her  mind  to  come 
to  Mount  Holyoke  College,  because  of  the  superior  merit  of  the 
instructors  in  the  Department  of  Music.  It  is  not  exactly  in  the 
line  of  her  work  in  music  to  have  as  her  favorite  expression, 
“ Whumpty-doodle-doodle-doo” — maybe  it  was  gained  from  the 
Purington  Family  Freshman  year,  or  could  it  be  from  her 
roommate?  Gertrude  is  a very  loyal  member  of  1903,  and  says 
that  if  she  were  going  through  college  again  she  should  “perish 
without  1903.” 


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ETHEL  HISGEN. 

“I  fir  of  ess  not  talking." 

Ethel  crept  unobtrusively  into  the  world  in  Fort  Plain,  N. 
Y.,  on  August  3,  1879.  Her  besetting  sin  is  laziness,  as  may 
witness  the  list  of  her  answers  to  the  sixty-one  Class  Book 
questions.  We  omit  the  first  six,  which  were  merely  statistics 
as  to  date  and  place  of  birth,  etc. : 

22.  Favorite  recreation — Tennis. 

23.  Favorite  expression — Fiddlesticks. 

25.  Favorite  spot  on  Campus — The  pines  on  Prospect. 

26.  Favorite  dormitory — Wilder. 

29.  Have  you  kept  a cash  account? — Yes,  since  I came  to 
college. 

30.  Have  you  kept  a diary? — No. 


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JEANE  POST  HOLFORD. 

“ Let  gentleness  my  strong  enforce?nent  be." 

Doubtless  because  of  her  devotion  to  Miss  Fairbanks,  Jeane 
Holford  also  decided  that  the  name  given  her  February  17, 
1881,  needed  no  additions.  She  prepared  at  Wesleyan 
Academy  and  then  came  to  this  college  “because  the  fire  had 
made  it  so  famous.”  How  her  voice  rings  loyally  with  others 
in  the  cry,  “1903  is  all  right!”  But  listen  to  this:  “Even  after 

four  years  at  college,  I have  been  unable  to  acquire  a desire  and 
ability  for  eating  Fudge!”  After  this  shock  do  you  wonder  that 
we  are  unable  to  write  more? 


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SARA  TRUAIR  HOLLANDS. 

“Sally. ” 

“I  value  science — none  can  prize  it  more." 

Sara  objects  to  being  called  “Sally,”  objects  to  being  counted 
among  the  Faculty,  objects  to  telling  her  age,  and  objects  to 
answering  the  Class  Book  questions.  But  we  know  some  things 
about  her — i.  e.,  we  know  her  occupation,  present  and  future, 
we  know  her  favorite  courses,  we  know  her  opinion  as  to  the 
most  companionable  Faculty,  and  we  know  that  she  thoroughly 
approves  of  1903,  even  if  she  did  not  come  to  us  until  our  Junior 
year.  Oh,  “Whackulty!” 


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CLAIRE  (?)  HOWE. 

“Cheerful,"  “Sister." 

“ She  hath  a daily  beauty  in  her  life." 

News  of  her  arrival  was  first  given  the  world  in  Albany,  N. 
Y.,  on  Washington’s  Birthday  in  the  year  1880.  Claire  blew 
her  own  horn  on  Senior  Mountain  Day  for  the  first  time,  and 
then  only  under  compulsion.  Although  she  is  never  willing  to 
speak  for  herself,  others  are  always  willing  to  do  it  for  her. 
Her  sympathies  in  college  have  been  broad,  varying  from 
Chemistry  to  Geology — not  to  mention  Daily  Themes!  Would 
you  visit  a college  room  where  never  a “kitty"  is  to  be  seen,  go 
and  call  on  Claire.  Her  neatness  is  only  equalled  by  her 
inability  to  do  stunts.  Claire’s  chief  ambition  is  “to  be  a useful 
and  helpful  member  of  society."  How  well  has  she  succeeded 
thus  far?  Who  need  answer? 


To  fXEV. 


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ELVA  HOWELL. 

“ A stitch  in  time  saves  nine.” 

Began  to  grow  tall  on  November  23,  1874,  in  Troy,  N.  Y. 
She  claims  as  relatives,  Will  Carleton  and  Franklin  Pierce. 
From  the  latter’s  family  she  inherited  a trunk  full  of  old- 
fashioned  dresses,  which  have  made  her  in  great  demand  when 
plays  are  to  be  given.  Although  she  has  been  kept  busy 
repairing  them  when  returned,  her  cheerfulness  in  lending  them 
will  not  seem  so  strange  when  it  is  known  that  her  favorite 
recreation  is  sewing.  She  says  her  greatest  ability  is  “to  get 
things  twisted,”  but  we  doubt  it,  on  account  of  her  well-known 
forensic  ability,  as  shown  in  the  Debating  Society. 


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MINNIE  MARIA  HOYT. 

“Min,”  “Hoytie,”  “Minerva.” 

“ A pleasant  smiling  cheek , a speaking  eye." 

Minnie  was  born  in  the  year  1881  in  LaGrange,  N.  Y.  She 
received  a large  part  of  her  education  at  Quincy  School,  Vassar 
Preparatory.  Then  and  there  she  gave  us  first  evidence  of  her 
practical  wisdom  and  common  sense  by  entering  Mount  Holyoke 
in  preference  to  Vassar.  Her  purpose  in  coming  to  college  was 
to  gain  a few  ideas.  Among  those  which  she  has  successfully 
acquired,  we  would  mention  her  knowledge  of  German,  Botany 
and  artistic  skill.  At  this  present  writing,  she  is  numbered 
among  the  few  who  have  accepted  a position  in  which  to  teach 
next  year. 


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HELEN  HENDRICKSON  HUME. 

“Humie,”  “Limp.” 

“ O she  was  gentle , mild,  and  virtuous." 

It  was  a famous  day  for  Wyoming  in  the  year  1882  when 
Helen  first  opened  her  eyes,  looked  around  and  said,  “Why!” 
“Speech  was  made  for  man  to  disguise  his  thoughts  in,”  and  it 
might  be  truthfully  added,  “she  practiced  what  she  preached.” 
Alas!  she  could  not  have  inherited  any  integrity  from  her 
famous  ancestor,  David  Hume.  We  could  not  call  Helen  a 
shark,  because  she  confesses  that  her  most  glaring  deficiency  is 
“Brains,”  and  it  has  been  well  demonstrated  by  reliable 
scientists  that  sharks’  brains  are  well  developed;  yet  how  could 
any  one  less  than  a shark  take  the  four-year  course  in  three 
years  and  a half? 


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MYRA  IRENE  HUNTER. 

“Kid,”  “Cheerful  Sinner.” 

“ Gently  comes  the  world  to  those  who  are  cast  in  gentle  mould." 

Myra  uttered  her  first  gentle  cry  in  Pownal,  Vermont,  on  the 
fourteenth  of  November,  1881.  Nothing  that  wasn’t  gentle 
has  since  been  known  to  be  thought,  spoken  or  done  by  her. 
Her  present  home  is  in  Williamstown.  When  we  tell  you  that, 
in  this  case,  familiarity  has  not  bred  contempt,  perhaps  you  can 
guess  which  man's  college  she  believes  to  be  the  best  in  the 
land.  Common  sense  is  the  trait  in  woman  she  most  admires. 
Her  own  was  manifested  by  making  Biology  her  major  in 
college. 


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GWENDOLEN  MARSHALL  JONES. 

“Gwen,”  “Baby  Jones,”  “Jaby  Bones,”  “Gwenischen,” 
“Gwenibus.  ” 

“ Maiden  with  the  meek  brown  eyes 
In  whose  orb  a shadow  lies 
Like  the  dusk  in  evening  skies." 

October  29,  1880,  in  Connecticut,  was  one  of  those  clear  Fall 
days  which  drive  common  mortals  to  activity,  but  “Gwen” 
immediately  went  to  sleep  without  even  a look  at  the  interesting 
world  which  greeted  her.  Sleeping  has  been  her  favorite 
recreation  ever  since.  Perhaps  this  propensity  is  the  secret  of 
the  cheering  effect  of  a look  at  “Gwen’s”  face  in  the  hustle  and 
bustle  of  college  life.  If  you  know  of  an  artist  who  is  seeking 
a study  in  brown,  just  send  him  to  “Gweinschen.”  Her 
devotion  to  Yale  blue  will  not  be  the  slightest  hindrance,  for 
this  is  hidden  too  deep  to  find  outward  expression. 

Literary  Editor  of  1903  Llamarada  Board;  Senior  Dramatics. 


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MARY  KILBOURN. 

“Mary  Sunshine.” 

“ Good  to  be  merie  and  wise." 

Mary  entered  upon  her  sunshiny  course  of  life  at  South 
Lancaster,  Mass.,  April  25,  1880.  It  may  be  that  her  cheerful- 
ness, as  well  as  her  just  pride,  is  derived  from  her  long  line  of 
protoplasmic  ancestry;  whether  it  is  so  or  not,  Mary’s  unfail- 
ing  good  nature  has  survived  even  the  hard  duty  of  taking  care 
of  Mr.  Nourse  at  table.  It  has  been  maintained,  we  believe, 
largely  by  her  habit  of  taking  early  morning  walks,  and  has 
never  been  inspired  by  an  occupation,  vexatious  to  many — that 
of  catching  frogs.  The  fact  that  she  is  proficient  in  this  occupa- 
tion points  to  a fondness  for  science,  which  is  further  made 
evident  by  her  statement  that  her  favorite  domestic  work  is 
Chemistry  Lab.  work ; her  most  valuable  course,  the  Cat  Course, 
and  her  chief  ambition  in  life  to  become  as  broad-minded  as  Dr. 
Clapp.  Such  an  ambition  would  prove  excellent  judgment  to 
be  one  of  Mary’s  characteristics,  were  it  not  already  proved  by 
her  work  on  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  class  for  Senior 
year. 

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MARY  ALICE  KILMER. 

“Mamie,”  “Moll,”  “Maria.” 

“She  takes  this  life  as  though  it  were  for  ease  alone." 

Began  her  career  with  a series  of  wails  and  gesticulations 
supposed  to  foretell  respectively  a love  of  singing  and  a natural 
gift  for  playing  on  musical  instruments.  Perhaps  she  could  tell 
better  than  we  whether  those  first  speeches  were  delivered  in 
Latin,  French,  German,  Spanish,  Italian,  English,  or  in  that 
delightfully  unintelligible  conglomeration  of  all  those  tongues 
so  graciously  bestowed  as  a mark  of  favor  upon  her  intimate 
friends.  We  regret  to  state  that  the  exact  date  of  her  first 
skating  expedition  is  unknown  to  history,  for  never  until  that 
day  did  she  fully  realize  the  joys  of  life.  To  her  friends  it  is  a 
well-known  fact  that  though  she  got  lost  once  on  her  way  to 
college,  while  at  college  she  can  always  be  found,  if  not  in  the 
reception-room,  then  playing  on  the  Chapel  organ  or  resting  in 
the  Pepper-box. 


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ANNIE  DEAN  KNIGHT. 

“Nan,”  “Bobby.” 

“ She  was  a scholar , and  a ripe  and  good  one." 

Annie  was  born  in  Hopedale,  Mass.,  May  1 6,  1882,  and 
remained  true  to  her  native  town,  preparing  for  college  in  the 
Hopedale  High  School.  Annie  is  of  a more  retiring  nature 
than  her  distinguished  ancestor,  General  W.  S.  Draper,  the 
former  ambassador  to  Italy,  because  she  says  that  she  came  to 
Mount  Holyoke  to  be  as  far  removed  from  the  evils  of  society  as 
possible.  Annie’s  tender  years  may  account  for  her  extreme 
shyness,  and  we  feel  that  she  now  needs  the  sterner  atmosphere 
of  university  life  to  complete  her  education.  “Nan”  claims  as 
her  greatest  deficiency,  “sense,”  and,  as  her  favorite  recreation, 
“doing  nothing,”  and  her  friends  all  testify  that  the  former 
should  have  been  cultivated  for  the  sake  of  the  latter. 


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ETHELIND  CARTLAND  KNIGHT. 

“Dit,”  “Knightie,  “Simple  Simon.” 

“I  do  but  sing  because  I must." 

Ethelind  started  out  on  her  search  for  knowledge  at  West- 
brook, Maine,  on  October  2,  1881.  She  continued  her  search  in 
the  Westbrook  High  School  and  gained  so  much  there  that  she 
was  forced  to  come  to  college  “to  find  out  how  much  she  didn't 
know.”  After  choosing  Mount  Holyoke,  “because  it  was  best 
suited  to  her  ambition,”  she  set  herself  anew  to  the  task,  shut 
herself  into  it,  and  at  the  end  of  her  Senior  year  is  able  to 
announce  that  she  has  discovered,  through  the  help  of  the  great 
philosopher,  Hume,  that  no  one  can  ever  know  anything. 
Therefore,  she  is  comforted  with  the  thought  that  she  knows  as 
much  as  anyone.  Do  you  suppose  that  she  will  ever  find  out 
how  much  she  doesn’t  know? 


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HELEN  KNOWLTON. 

“Professor,”  “Pussy.” 

“ Happy  am  J, from  care  I'm  free . 

Why  aren't  they  all  contented  like  me." 

At  Farmington,  Maine,  on  October  9,  1879,  Helen  first 
“bounced”  into  the  world  and  ever  since  by  her  energetic 
manner,  has  kept  up  her  reputation  to  do  some  one  a good  turn. 
After  two  years  in  Bates  College,  she  decided  to  leave  her  native 
state  and  the  haunts  of  man,  dear  as  they  were  to  her,  and  to 
try  the  quieter,  gentler  atmosphere  of  Mount  Holyoke.  She  was 
thoroughly  devoted  to  the  Brigham  Seniors  and  this  devotion, 
perhaps,  as  well  as  anything,  indicates  how  strongly  she  has 
become  attached  to  her  foster  Alma  Mater.  Helen,  as  well  as 
some  others  in  1903,  has  her  special  “Darling,”  to  whom  she 
attributes  what  is  best  and  most  valuable — well,  in  fact,  all  that 
is  worth  anything. 


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MARION  FLORENCE  LANSING. 

“Mary  Anne,”  “Vaddy,”  “Savvy”  (contractedMrom 
Savonorola),  “Jake.” 

“ Little  nameless , unremembered  acts  of  kindness  arid  of  love." 

Mar-i-on  Flor-ence  Lan-sing  is  the  class  ba-by.  When  she 
grad-u-ates  she  will  be  twen-ty  years  and  four-teen  days  of  age. 
Mar-i-on  was  born  in  Wa-ver-ly,  Mass-a-chu-setts,  but  she 
re-sides  in  Cam-bridge.  She  came  to  col-lege  “to  grow  up.” 
If  you  look  at  her  you  will  think  that  she  has  suc-ceed-ed.  Her 
work  shows  a ma-ture  mind,  too.  Did  she  not  write  a son-net 
which  lacked  po-et-ic  at-mos-phere?  She  has  al-so  ac-quired  the 
art  of  be-ing  in-ane  to  keep  her  friends  from  be-ing  blue.  She 
has  had — no,  she  thought  she  had  the  mumps.  But  in  this  she 
was  de-ceived.  She  knows  that  she  has  had  Mid-dle  High 
Ger-man.  Her  fa-vor-ite  ex-press-ions  are  “Good  land!”  and 
“Honestly!”  Un-der-class  girls  like  Mar-i-on,  es-pe-cial-ly  the 
Fresh-men.  Her  fa-vor-ite  do-mes-tic  work  is  dust-ing.  She 
likes  it  be-cause  she  can  be  so-cia-ble  while  do-ing  it. 


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CAROLINE  FRANCES  LEAVITT. 

1>A  heart  to  resolve , a head  to  contrive , and  a hand  to 
execute . ” 

In  the  sunrise  kingdom,  on  May  5,  1878,  Frances  awoke  to 
the  problems  of  life  with  a serious  look  of  determination  written 
on  her  brow.  “Come  hither,  look  in  the  eye,”  will  there  ever 
be  a time  when  Frances  shall  see  a need  and  having  seen  it  fail 
to  meet  it  so  far  as  it  lies  in  her  power?  She  has  actively 
expressed  her  aim  in  life  since  she  has  been  in  college.  The 
Association,  the  Students’  League  and  the  class  could  testify 
that  she  has  so  far  endeavored  “to  make  the  best  use  possible  of 
her  life  in  service  for  others.’’  “The  only  disadvantage  of  an 
honest  heart  is  credulity.’’ 

r K.  Mandolin  Club ; Chairman  of  Class  Prayer-meeting  Committee,  1 897- 
1899;  Executive  Committee  of  Students’ League,  1898-1899,  1901-1902;  Class 
President,  1901-1902;  Recording  Secretary  of  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  1898-1899.  Presi- 
dent of  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  1902-1903. 


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LENA  LEA  LEWIS. 

“ In  small  proportions  we  just  beauties  see." 

Came  into  the  world  on  December  6,  1879,  at  Tryon,  Prince 
Edwards  Island,  Canada,  only  to  say  that  she  came  to  Mount 
Holyoke:  ( a ) To  satisfy  her  curiosity;  ( b ) Because  Mount 
Holyoke  is  the  most  unique. 


Banjo  Club. 


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SARAH  AUGUSTA  LOOMIS. 

“Sally,”  “Granpapig.” 

“ Thoii  hast  no  sorrow  in  thy  song. 

No  winter  in  thy  year." 

Out  in  Memphis,  Mo.,  on  November  2,  1880,  Sarah’s  face 
first  became  wreathed  in  smiles  and  ever  since  she  has  continued 
to  greet  her  friends  with  a cheery  face  and  a pleasant  smile. 
We  would  not  be  cruel  enough  to  liken  her  to  a Cheshire  cat, 
but  she  mentioned  a “yallar”  cat  among  her  distinguished 
relatives.  She  admits  that  her  favorite  recreation  is  “teasing 
people,  ” and  we  all  agree  with  her  and  we  would  further  add 
that  not  infrequently  does  she  indulge  in  this.  Story-telling  is 
her  forte  and  should  have  been  her  future  ambition  rather  than 
a fisher  by  the  sea.  It  sounds  rather  suspicious,  Sarah,  to  give 
as  the  pleasantest  event  of  your  course,  “Moonlight — Prospect — 
Senior — Freshman  year.” 

Treasurer  of  Athletic  Association,  1901-1902. 


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SUE  ELIZABETH  MacWILLIAMS. 

“Suzie,”  “Suzanne,”  “Tobe,”  “Susibus.” 

“ She  speaks  reservedly , but  she  speaks  with  force." 

Sue  showed  mathematical  precision  from  the  moment  of 
entering  on  life,  June  29,  1881,  at  New  Haven,  Conn.  A period 
of  preparation  at  Hillhouse  High  School  emphasized  her  natural 
bent,  and  she  entered  Mount  Holyoke  determined  to  take  every 
course  in  Mathematics  that  should  be  open  to  her.  That  this 
line  of  conduct  has  not  resulted  in  unalloyed  bliss  may  be 
inferred  from  the  fact  of  her  confessing  that  if  she  were  to  go 
through  college  again  she  would  take  less  of  the  adorable 
subject.  It  is  a matter  of  conjecture  as  to  whether  or  not  she 
would  take  more  work  along  literary  lines,  for  although  the 
jamming  of  Sophomore  Lit.  was  particularly  distasteful  to  her, 
and  even  at  the  beginnning  of  her  Senior  year  she  would  have 
felt  it  quite  impossible  to  write  a daily  theme,  a half-year  of 
agreeable  work  has  given  foundation  for  the  remarkable  state- 
ment that  her  greatest  proficiency  is  in  writing  “Daily 
Themes” ! There  must  be  a mistake  here,  for  We  should  expect 
it  to  be  business  capacity  after  the  way  in  which  she  has 
managed  the  finances  of  the  class  and  of  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  and 
has  assisted  the  Business  Manager  of  the  Llainarada. 

W Cl.  Basket-ball  Team,  1899-1903;  Assistant  Business  Manager  of  1903 
Llamarada;  Class  Treasurer,  1899-1900;  Treasurer  of  Y.W.  C.  A. , 1902-1903. 


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EDITH  FROTHINGHAM  MANDELL. 

“Mandy,”  “Chub.” 

“ Still  to  be  neat , still  to  be  drest 
As  you  were  gomg  to  a feast." 

July  21,  1880,  in  the  height  of  the  farming  and  picnic  season, 
Edith  Frothingham  Mandell  opened  her  mouth  and  with  great 
enthusiasm  ejaculated,  “Let’s  have  a picnic!”  In  the  intervals 
between  picnics  she  managed  to  fit  for  college  in  the  Cambridge 
Latin  School,  and  came  to  Mount  Holyoke  because  of  her  desire 
“to  gain  some  acquaintance  with  the  doctrine  of  education.” 
This  desire  was  inherited  from  her  ancestor,  Daniel  Webster. 
Edith’s  future  occupation  is  farming.  She  is  peculiarly  fitted 
for  this  work,  because  of  her  excessive  neatness  and  because  of 
her  fondness  for  domesticity.  Her  friends  are  still  in  doubt 
which  of  the  two  Prom,  men  will  be  her  assistant. 

2 & X.  Class  Executive  Committee,  1900-1901. 


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FLORENCE  GERTRUDE  MANN. 

“Mannie,”  “Flossie.” 

“ A Man(n)  of  mark.” 

A rather  small  person,  but!  when  she  wants  a thing  she  gets 
it;  she  knows  what  she  wants  and,  more  than  that,  knows  how 
to  get  it  without  letting  others  know  she  has  it.  Sometimes  she 
makes  a break,  but  unless  you  see  it  yourself  right  off  you  will 
never  know  it  from  her.  In  fact,  she  is  much  in  the  habit  of 
letting  others  know  nothing  of  what  she  thinks  or  does.  Some- 
what of  a shark — that  is,  she  studies  her  lessons  for  about  five 
minutes  and  then  recites  them  well.  Her  work  is  rather 
uneven  at  times  and  her  vanity  was  once  very  much  hurt  by  the 
fact  that  after  she  had  spent  hours  in  the  Lib.  reading 
Pedagogy  references,  because  Mr.  Bell  had  complimented  her 
on  her  note-taking,  she  then  only  drew  a B. 


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ISABELLE  SELWYN  MATHISON. 

“Tumpy.” 

“ Fashioned  so  slenderly .” 

Can  it  be  possible  that  Isabelle’s  age  goes  up  into  large 
numbers  as  well  as  her  height?  She  is  evidently  unwilling  to 
confess  it,  whatever  it  is,  and  says  only  that  she  was  born  at 
Poquetannock,  Conn.  The  name  of  the  place  is  a long  one; 
what  a coincidence!  By  rights,  everything  about  Isabelle  ought 
to  be  long  or  tall.  Yet  no  one  has  ever  heard  her  make  a long 
speech;  monosyllabic  answers  are  all  she  consents  to  give. 
Maybe  it  is  because  of  the  lack  of  something  to  say,  which  she 
asserts  to  be  her  most  glaring  deficiency,  but  this  hardly  seems 
possible,  for  usually  the  people  who  say  the  least  have  the 
deepest  thoughts.  Even  if  she  does  lack  something  to  say, 
Isabelle  has  learned  one  thing  in  her  college  life — how  to 
“adjust  herself  to  people  of  various  kinds,”  and  also  of  various 
heights. 

To  8e. 


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ANNA  GRACE  McGOVERN. 

“Terry.” 

1 '■Mistress  of  herself.  ” 

Who  can  blame  Grace  for  sighing  since  she  drew  her  first 
breath  of  life  on  July  26,  1879 — first,  because  the  world  gave  her 
such  a warm  reception  and,  secondly,  because  she  found  herself 
in  the  midst  of  the  hustling  city  of  Brooklyn.  We  always  stand 
in  awe  of  girls  who  prepare  at  the  Girls’  High  School  in 
Brooklyn,  so  we  have  not  been  surprised  to  have  Grace  carry  off 
one  of  greatest  college  honors,  namely,  that  of  editor  of  the 
Mount  Holyoke.  Most  people  are  glad  to  claim  one  talent,  but 
there  must  have  been  a hole  in  the  bag,  for  we  find  Grace  not 
only  a prominent  member  of  the  Glee  Club,  but  also  a star 
actress.  Without  doubt  her  chief  ambition  in  life  is  to  go 
camping  with  “the  crowd.” 

W.Dj.  Glee  Club;  the  Mount  Holyoke  Board,  1901-1903;  Editor-in-Chief 
of  the  Mount  Holyoke , 1902-1903;  Class  Executive  Committee,  1900-1901 ; 
Senior  Dramatics. 


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GRACE  KENDALL  McKIBBEN. 

“Libby,”  “Kid.” 

ilS/ie  is  yoit?ig,  and  of  a 7ioble,  modest  nature .” 

She  started  upon  her  journey  to  Mount  Holyoke  from 
Swatow,  China,  in  January,  1881.  Pausing  at  Granville,  Ohio, 
for  a preparatory  course  at  the  Shepardson  School,  and  again 
for  three  years  in  Chicago  University,  she  did  not  reach  us  until 
the  beginning  of  our  Senior  year.  The  fact  that  she  believes 
“1903  is  perfection”  bespeaks  her  ready  loyalty.  Among  her 
notable  distinctions  we  would  mention  two  in  particular — she  is 
the  Senior  guardian  at  Mrs.  Purington’s;  secondly,  she  was  the 
only  Senior,  upon  September  2 2d,  who  wore  her  cap  and  gown 
without  the  guilty  look  of  self-conscious  pride.  The  latter  fact 
may  be  attributed  to  “former  experience.” 


igoj  Class  Book. 


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JULIA  ADELAIDE  METCALF. 

“Judy,”  “ Jule. ” 

“ Her  life  a journey  'twixt  her  home  and  school .” 

Arrived  in  Northampton  on  April  2,  1880,  but  left  it  to  come 
to  us  on  account  of  the  rural  scenery  afforded  by  South  Hadley; 
also  because  had  she  stayed  in  Northampton  she  would  have 
been  lonely  (all  others  having  left  the  town)  and  solitude  is  not 
agreeable  to  her.  Her  love  for  scenery  has  been  greatly 
increased  by  a European  trip  of  which  the  central  point  of 
interest  was  Naples.  She  also  became  deeply  interested,  from 
an  historical  standpoint  doubtless,  in  several  less  presuming 
places — among  them  Waterloo  (Belgium?).  Hence,  Tuesday  is 
her  favorite  day.  (N.  B. — The  logic  of  this  may  not  be  evident, 
but  is  there).  She  says  her  future  occupation  is  undecided. 
We  wonder  if  the  foregoing  remarks  would  throw  any  light  on 
what  it  is  to  be? 


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ANNIE  LAVINIA  MILLER. 

“Mill,”  “Milly,”  “Ann,”  “Livy.” 

“ And  all  that' s best  of  dark  and  bright 
Meet  in  her  aspect  and  her  eyes." 

“Ann”  was  born  on  the  eleventh  of  January,  1881,  at 
Portland,  Maine,  but  it  was  not  long  before  the  attractions  of 
Mount  Holyoke  proved  so  strong  for  her  that  she  took  up  her 
residence  in  the  same  town  with  the  College.  This  made  it 
unnecessary  for  her  to  live  in  the  dormitories,  and  “Ann”  has 
never  discovered  all  the  joys  and  delights  of  the  hard  work  and 
the  rush  of  engagements  which  this  entails  until  her  Senior 
year.  She  has  thoroughly  enjoyed  these  last  months  and  says 
that  her  favorite  dormitory  is  BRIGHAM,  and  that  the 
greatest  value  of  her  college  life  has  been  gained  from  living 
there.  No  small  part  of  this  has  come  from  companionship 
with  the  Faculty  who  oversees  the  table  at  which  “Ann”  sat  the 
last  half  of  the  year! 

A.  A.  Banjo  Club,  1900-1903;  Leader  of  Banjo  Club,  1901-1903;  Class 
Executive  Committee,  1901-1902. 


igoj  Class  Book. 


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ROSETTA  SCHUYLER  MONTGOMERY. 

‘ 1 Her  face  shyned  bright , 

And  made  a sunshine  in  the  shady  place." 

In  Muncy,  Penn.,  there  was  born  on  March  15,  1880,  Rosetta 
Schuyler  Montgomery,  who  has  been  one  of  the  class  poets, 
don’t  you  know?  A poet  without  an  imagination  is  a rarity;  it 
is  only  one  more  proof  of  1903’s  unusual  qualities,  that  it 
possesses  such  an  one  in  Miss  Montgomery.  There  must  be 
some  power  not  yet  discovered  or  at  least  not  named,  by 
psychologists,  which  enables  her  to  produce  imaginative  bits  of 
literature  without  the  use  of  the  imagination.  This  is  her 
greatest  deficiency — glaring,  indeed;  but  her  greatest  pro- 
ficiency consists  in  being  late.  Now  everyone  knows  that  in 
spite  of  a leisurely  appearance  and  very  leisurely  habits,  Rosetta 
is  brimming  over  with  energy.  Why  is  she  then  so  often  late? 
Could  her  energy  have  been  wholly  expended  in  yelling  the 
yells  that  were,  or  is  she  incapable  of  applying  it  in  any  way 
other  than  in  enthusiasm  for  1903,  which  is  “all-around  and  far- 
away the  finest,  best  and  very  nicest  class  in  this  or  any  other 
country?” 


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HARRIET  CLEVELAND  MOORE. 

“Sunshine,”  “Polkydot,”  “Motheree. ” 

“ True  as  the  needle  to  the  pole , 

Or  as  the  dial  to  the  sun." 

Harriet  Cleveland  Moore  on  the  sixteenth  day  of  August, 
1878,  at  Holden,  Mass.,  opened  her  mouth  and  laughed.  She 
liked  the  sound  so  well  that  ever  since  she  has  continued  to 
laugh  when  pleased.  She  must  have  been  born  neat  and 
orderty,  for  no  one  could  become  so  to  such  an  extent  otherwise. 
Harriet  says  her  favorite  recreation  is  washing  and  that  when 
she  has  a million  she  will  endow  the  laundries.  May  that 
happy  day  soon  come ! Ask  Mr.  Bell  for  information  regarding 
the  Pedagogy  note-book  which  he  declared  was  the  neatest  he 
had  ever  seen.  Faithfulness  is  one  of  Harriet’s  strong  points; 
you  can  always  depend  on  her.  She  says  her  favorite  expres- 
sion is  “all  of  sudden” ; her  favorite  walk  the  bird- walk. 


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MARY  ADDISON  NEWHALL. 

“Maisie,”  “Cunning,”  “Uncle  Jack.” 

“ And  oh!  she  da7ices  such  a way , 

The  sun  upon  an  Easter  day 
Is  not  half  so  fair  a sight.” 

Began  to  crawl  from  chair  to  chair  on  September  21,  1881,  in 
Lynn,  Mass.  Having  a “Honey  darling”  of  an  own  cousin  at 
Amherst,  she  decided  to  come  to  Mount  Holyoke  rather  than  to 
Radcliffe.  (N.  B. — Smith  was  left  entirely  out  of  the  question, 
as  she  is  a person  of  considerable  sense,  despite  her  good  looks). 
Her  linguistic  ability  was  recognized  soon  after  she  entered 
college,  and  she  was  requested  to  join  the  infant  prodigy 
German  class  and  become  a member  of  the  Alliance  Frangaise. 
She  has  lent  tone  to  the  Choral  Club  for  four  years,  and  to  the 
Glee  Club  the  past  year.  She  is  not  of  a diffusive  nature,  but 
has  concentrated  her  attention  on  three  subjects — her  room- 
mate, the  Rockefeller  guest-room,  and  the  doctor’s  office. 

To  8e.  Executive  Committee  Td  8e,  1902-1903;  Glee  Club,  1902-1903. 


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MARTHA  MAY  NORTON. 

“Mart,”  “Mattie,”  “Fat  Mat,”  “Chunky  One.” 

“ To  be  merry  best  becomes  you , for  out  of  question  you  were 
born  in  a merry  hour." 

Martha  came  into  the  world  with  a short,  quick  step,  on  July 
4,  1880,  at  Lakeville,  Conn.  Round  and  roly-poly  she  was  then; 
round  and  roly-poly  she  is  now.  Quickness  has  never  been  a 
characteristic  applied  to  a duck,  but  there  are  exceptions  to 
every  rule.  Could  one  call  her  gait  rolling?  But  yet  it  is  a 
little  too  jerky,  is  it  not?  That’s  like  her  voice — jerky, 
particularly  in  that  song  about  the  “state  of  things,”  you  know. 
And  did  you  ever  hear  her  laugh?  If  you  have,  you  must  have 
wanted  to  laugh,  too,  for  it’s  contagious,  to  say  the  least.  Her 
chief  ambition  will  never  be  achieved,  it  is  to  be  feared,  for  all 
the  squelches  she  received  her  Freshman  year  did  not  bring 
about  the  desired  result,  and  nothing  else  can.  It  would  be  a 
pity,  anyway,  for  how  would  a thin  Clown,  a thin  Koko,  or  a 
thin  End  Man  look? 


To  8e  . Senior  Dramatics. 


igoj  Class  Book. 


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EDNA  ALICE  PARKER. 

“ Where  more  is  meant  than  meets  the  ear." 

On  December  13,  1880,  Edna  first  began  to  argue  with  her 
friends  about  her  corpulent  size.  The  above  subject  has  caused 
her  many  hours  of  dispute,  but  she  has  always  had  to  finally 
acknowledge  her  defeat.  Even  though  she  continued  her  life 
among  the  New  Hampshire  hills,  she  did  not  seem  to  gain  in 
weight  perceptibly.  Perhaps  if  she  had  entered  heartily  into  her 
Gym.  work  she  would  have  improved  in  this  respect.  “You 
horrid  thing!”  How  familiar  this  expression  sounds  to  the 
ears  of  her  friends.  Edna  firmly  believes  that  “Discipline  is 
good  for  the  soul,”  for  much  against  her  wishes  she  took  the 
“Cat”  Course.  We  cannot  say  how  successful  this  proved,  but 
judging  from  her  disgusted  expression  in  the  dissecting-room, 
we  doubt  whether  the  gain  exceeded  the  loss  to  her  disposition. 


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MARY  EVERETT  PEASE. 

“Pease,”  “Bobbie,”  “Maysie  Peasey,”  “Late-Peas(e). ” 

“ A companion  that  is  cheerful  is  worth  gold." 

Mary  Everett  Pease,  cheerfulness  and  all,  is  a “Green 
Mountain”  girl.  She  was  born  in  Burlington,  September  28, 
1882.  She  claims  relationship  to  Ethan  Allen  and  to  Charlotte 
Cushman,  also  to  Sarah  Pease,  one  of  the  Salem  witches,  who 
saved  her  life  by  swimming.  Mary  does  not  cultivate  athletics 
as  her  ancestor  did  for  she  abominates  “gym.  ” She  has  two 
favorite  diversions— one  is  taking  snap-shots,  the  other  is  doing 
her  domestic  work.  All  days  but  Wednesdays  she  can  do  it  in 
twelve  and  three-tenths  minutes.  Is  it  an  inheritance  from  her 
witch  ancestor  which  causes  “May”  to  be  so  devoted  to  “outside 
sweeping”?  Her  feelings  on  first  wearing  cap  and  gown  she 
describes  as  of  great  joy  accompanied  by  a strong  inclination  to 
strut.  Here  is  a secret  which  must  not  be  divulged:  “May” 

once  wrote  a poem.  The  daily  theme  course  was  wholly 
responsible,  so  we  hope  the  class  won’t  feel  worried. 


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FRANCES  WHITNEY  PHILLIPS. 

“Philly  Dear.” 

“Break,  break,  break." 

What  do  you  think  about  Frances?  Well,  she’s  all  right. 
We  rejoice  that  she  entered  life  in  1880,  so  that  she  was  ready 
for  Mount  Holyoke  just  in  time  to  be  a member  of  the  Class  of 
1903.  Were  Sir  Francis  Drake  and  Robert  Fulton  living  to-day, 
they  could  but  be  proud  of  so  versatile  a relative  as  she  who, 
with  Captain  Richardson,  has  so  successfully  piloted  1903 
through  its  Senior  year.  She  states  that  one  of  the  most 
unpleasant  events  of  her  course  was  the  dropping  of  a pile  of 
plates  for  which  she  was  required  to  render  a cash  account  later. 
The  casual  reader  may  think  that  this  fact  explains  the  applica- 
tion of  the  above  quotation.  Those  who  know  Frances  best  will 
confess  that  the  quotation  is  not  so  limited  in  its  meaning  as  to 
refer  to  china  (?)  alone. 

Class  Executive  Committee,  1901-1902;  Class  Vice-President,  1902-1903; 
S.  A.  C. 


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MARY  ELISE  PINNEY. 

“Minney  Pinney,”  “Minn  Pinn,”  “Mag.” 

liA  loving  heart  and  leal  within." 

Rockville,  Conn. — the  very  name  sounds  substantial — and  so 
when  we  say  that  “Minnie  Pinney”  deliberately  woke  to  life 
there  on  February  7,  1880,  no  one  will  be  surprised.  This  young 
woman  has  surprised  us  in  many  ways,  but  having  such 
distinguished  relatives  how  could  she  be  otherwise?  Who  are 
they?  Why,  Governor  Bradford,  that  sturdy  pilgrim  father,  and 
last  but  not  least,  the  two  Ham-sons.  You  might  not  believe 
that  “May”  belongs  to  the  patient  toilers,  because  her  Class 
Book  answers  show  a strong  tendency  to  back-slide — i.  e.%  down 
hill.  Down  hill?  Yes,  to  the  plant  house.  We  could  hardly 
believe  our  eyes  when  we  saw  most  unpopular  man’s  college, 
“Amherst  Aggie,”  but  we  are  certain  that  at  least  one  graduate 
from  that  institution  stands  well  in  her  estimation.  We  could 
almost  feel  resigned  even  to  the  decided  preference  she  has  had 
from  the  sterner  part  of  our  Faculty  if  she  had  not  insisted  on 
writing,  my  favorite  course,  “ Flora  Culture." 
r.  K.  Class  Chairman,  1899. 


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EDITH  WILDER  POOLE. 

“Tedda.” 

'■'■Still  amorous , and fond  and  billing .” 

Under  the  shadow  of  Bunker  Hill  in  Charlestown,  Mass., 
March  2,  1881,  “Tedda”  first  saw  the  light  of  day.  “Tedda”  is 
a whole  Soule-d  girl  and  much  devoted  to  her  roommate ; in  fact, 
when  Lue  is  out  of  sight,  “Tedda’s”  voice  may  be  heard 
calling,  “Where's  Lue?”  or  “Have  you  seen  Lue?”  Little  did 
William  Frederick  Poole  dream,  when  he  invented  the  index 
which  bears  his  name,  that  it  would  be  so  valuable  to  one  of  his 
near  relatives.  Did  you  ever  go  into  the  Library  and  not  see 
“Tedda”  working  there?  We  could  almost  call  her  a grind, 
but  Webster  says — to  grind  is  to  reduce  to  a powder — and  she  is 
not  even  worn  to  the  bone  yet. 

r.  K.  Glee  Club;  Literary  Editor  of  1903  Llamarada;  Lectureship  Com- 
mittee, 1900-1901 ; Senior  Dramatics. 


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ALETHEA  ROXANNA  PUFFER. 

“Buffer  Puffer.  ” 

“ Oh ! blest  with  temper  whose  unclouded  ray 
Can  make  tomorrow  cheerful  as  today." 

Alethea  made  her  first  appearance  on  September  29,  1881,  at 
Methuen,  Mass.,  and  has  continued  to  pay  her  respects  to  this 
town  by  calling  it  her  home  even  to  the  present  day.  We 
thought  of  asking  her  sister,  whom  Alethea  considers  an 
authority  in  all  things,  to  find  out  if  there  were  any  early 
indications  of  sentimentality.  For  an  interesting  psychological 
problem  confronts  us  in  this  young  lady.  How  can  we  reconcile 
the  aversion  to  any  expression  of  affection  from  friends  with  the 
assertion  that  her  favorite  walk  is  up  Prospect  and  her  most 
cherished  spot  on  the  Campus  the  grove?  Perhaps  in  her  sub- 
consciousness  there  are  forces  that  will  speedily  fulfill  her  chief 
ambition  in  life,  “to  become  sentimental.” 


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HARRIET  ANNA  QUICK. 

“I  never  saw  a sweeter  maid , niore  quaint , more  pleasing 
nor  more  commendable .” 

Upon  November  1,  1882,  the  old  Quaker  City  of  Philadelphia 
was  once  more  made  famous,  this  time  by  becoming  the  birthplace 
of  Harriet.  It  was  but  natural,  after  spending  her  early  life  in 
or  near  this  beloved  city,  that  she  should  be  familiar  with  its 
many  institutions,  and  especially  its  best  known  one — founded 
by  our  noble  Franklin.  After  the  warm , interest  that  she 
evinced  in  its  Glee  Club  (and  other  organizations)  during  her 
Freshman  year,  it  looks  a little  strange  to  us  that  she  places 
Yale  as  her  favorite  college  of  to-day.  We  predict  a great 
future  for  Harriet,  for  she  has  proved  herself  a mighty  worker 
and  a most  finished  conductor  of  entertainments,  committees, 
May-day  frivolities  and  the  like.  On  the  stage,  likewise,  she 
has  made  a most  enviable  reputation. 

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KATHERINE  REID. 

“ There  studious  let  me  sit.” 

Listen  my  children,  and  give  good  heed 
To  this  truthful  tale  of  Katherine  Reid. 

Twas  on  June  25th  of  ’79, 

In  Glasgow  town,  so  old  and  fine, 

That  this  bright  Scotch  lass 
Of  the  Rob  Roy  tree, 

First  began  to  studious  be. 

This  studious  desire  seems  to  have  been  dulled  by  Mount 
Holyoke  influence,  for  she  states  in  characteristic  literary 
language : 

1.  Future  occupation — Marry  a man,  if  I can  find  a man. 

2.  Chief  ambition — To  get  married. 

3.  Advice  to  Faculty — To  get  married. 

4.  Advice  to  college — To  get  more  wedges. 

She  also  states  that  her  favorite  spot  on  the  Campus  is  Box 
271.  We  wonder  why. 


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EDITH  HARRIS  RICHARDSON. 

“Dicky,”  “Teddy,”  “Seedy,”  “Edie,”  “Edythe.” 

'■'■None  know  thee  but  to  love  thee , 

None  name  thee  but  to  praise." 

Edith  Harris  Richardson  was  surrounded  by  love  and  respect 
on  the  first  opportunity,  October  29,  1881,  at  Athens,  Ohio.  A 
worthy  ancestor  has  been  distinguished  in  two  ways — first  by 
having  Edith  his  namesake,  and  secondly,  by  giving  his  name 
to  the  city  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.  She  prepared  for  college  at  Miss 
Buckingham’s  School  in  Canton  in  such  an  admirable  manner 
that  she  was  immediately  claimed  as  Vice-President  of  the  class. 
Ever  since  then  her  aim  in  life,  “to  be  useful  somewhere,  some- 
how,” has  been  recognized  by  the  college.  Her  interests  have 
been  varied  and  unselfish,  as  is  proved  by  her  vital  connection 
as  valued  adviser  and  worker  with  the  Students’  League, 
Students’  Building,  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  and  the  class.  The  fact  that 
she  was  elected  unanimously  as  our  class  President  for  Senior 
year  speaks  for  itself — or  rather  loudly  and  lovingly  for  her. 

0.  X.  Editor-in-Chief  of  1903  Llamarada;  Class  Vice-President, 
1899-1900;  Executive  Committee  of  Students’  League,  1900-1901;  Vice-Presi- 
dent of  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  1901-1902;  President  of  the  Class,  1902-1903;  Chairman 
of  Student  Building  Committee;  Member  for  1903  on  the  Income  Fund  Com- 
mitteee  of  the  Mount  Holyoke  Alumnae  Association;  S.  A.  C. 


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MARION  LOUISE  RICHARDSON. 

“Mary  Ann,”  “Richie,”  “Rarion  Michardson.” 

“My  firm  nerves 
Shall  never  tremble 

Not  long  after  May  18,  1880,  in  the  town  of  Pelham,  N.  H., 
Marion  Louise  Richardson  was  seen  writing  a poem  for  amuse- 
ment. After  practicing  assiduously  through  childhood,  it  is  not 
strange  that  Pinkerton  Academy  gave  her  into  our  hands:  a 
poet  prepared  to  write  anything  from  class-yells  to  “O  Holyoke 
Again  Would  Thy  Daughters  Unite.”  It  may  be  admiration  for 
this  talent  as  well  as  for  her  gymnastic  ability,  that  has  won 
her  so  many  Freshman  friends.  Or  is  it  because  Marion  is  so 
good  to  them  that  they  can’t  resist  her  charms?  Certainly  we 
predict  that  she  will  make  a popular  teacher  and  will  have 
plenty  to  do  to  “keep  her  out  of  mischief”  writing  letters  of 
counsel  and  admonition  to  1905  and  1906  girls. 

To  jj,e’v.  Executive  Committee  of  To  n^v,  1902-1903;  Class  Atriensis, 
1 900-1 90 1 ; Class  Historian;  Senior  Dramatics. 


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ESTHER  ROESCH. 


“How  doth  the  little  busy  bee 
Improve  each  shining  hour?" 


Even  Aurora  (Illinois)  caught  Esther’s  first  laugh  and  the 
morntng  was  bHghter  than  usual.  One  of  her  objects  in  coming 
to  Mount  Holyohe  was  to  “have  four  happy  years,”  and  thf 
undiminished  nng  of  her  laugh  to-day  proves  that  this  hope  has 

w th  the  Consumers’  and  Students'  Leagues  have  been 
sufficiently  heavy  burdens  to  quench  this  joyous  spirit 
Responsibility  has  rested  safely  in  her  hands.  Her  Eastern 
fiends  are  hoping  her  ambition  in  lif'e,  “to  marry  an  Eastern 

pre^nt"  but  “aSsatiSfied-  ^ “*  "° 


To  de.  Secretary-Treasurer 
of  Consumers’  League,  1902-1903 : 


of  T6  8e,  1901;  Mandolin  Club;  President 
Secretary  of  Students’ League,  1902-1903. 


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MARGUERITE  HERRICK  ROGERS. 

“Babe,”  “ ’Rastus,”  “Herrick.” 

“Yes,  social  friend,  I love  thee  well." 

Uttering  her  first  present  participle,  she  appeared  on  the 
scene  in  Bar  Harbor,  Maine,  on  January  22,  1882.  Having 
grown  sufficiently  plump  to  make  a presentable  appearance  at 
college,  she  left  all  her  companions  whom  she  had  known  in  a 
merely  playing  way  and  entered  Mount  Holyoke.  Immediately 
upon  arriving,  she  began  a search  for  huckleberries,  but,  it  not 
being  the  season,  was  forced  to  abandon  the  search  until  Junior 
Prom,  time,  her  Senior  year.  So,  being  of  a cheerful 
disposition,  and  merely  exclaiming  “How  poor!”  she  began 
investigations  upon  a feeble  specimen  of  Lumbricus  terrestris. 
Making  the  notable  discovery  that  this  noble  animal’s  salivary 
glands  are  the  longest  and  most  important  part  of  its  alimentary 
canal  (being  situated  immediately  below  the  pharynx),  she  won 
instant  fame.  Becoming  in  the  future  an  eminent  scientist! 


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ALMA  AUGUSTA  ROSE. 

“Rosie.” 

'•'■Push  on!  Keep  moving!" 

Began  to  get  rattled  on  May  4,  1880,  in  Lewiston,  Maine. 
She  chose  Mount  Holyoke  as  the  most  suitable  place  to  show 
what  good  work  she  could  do  in  German  and  accordingly 
entered  its  hallowed  portals  with  quick,  short  steps,  altogether 
unsuited  to  her  tall  figure.  This  incongruity  was  noted  soon 
after  her  arrival  and  efforts  were  made  to  overcome  it,  but  to 
no  avail.  We  are  much  relieved  to  see  that  she  has  completed 
her  college  course  without  committing  any  acts  of  femicide, 
for,  owing  to  the  fact  that  she  lost  all  sense  of  smell  when 
young,  she  has  the  inconvenient  habit  when  in  Chem.  Lab.,  of 
thrusting  test-tubes  of  chlorine  and  the  like  under  her  fellow- 
students’  noses  and  requesting  them  to  tell  her  if  they  smell. 


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RUBY  SANBORN. 


“Rube,”  “Ruben,”  “Rubenstein, ” “Rubifoam,”  “Mexican, 
“Rubaiyat  of  Omar  Khayam,”  “Brother  Sanborn,” 
“Rubby,”  “Tommy,”  “Booby-Ruby,” 
“Muggins,”  “Japanese  Tommy.” 


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i'Sile?ice  is  the  safegtiard  of  thy  heart.” 


After  February  3,  1881,  the  town  of  Sedalia,  Mo.,  was  proud 
to  number  among  its  inhabitants  the  famous  acrobat,  “Rubaiyat 
of  Omar  Khayam.”  We  have  strong  proof  that  Ruby  is  closely 
related  to  the  sure-footed  animals,  from  her  many  trips  over 
her  favorite  walk,  the  Mount  Holyoke  range.  We  would  like  to 
say  much  more  about  “Rube  and  her  friends, ” but  her  nick- 
names  took  up  so  much  room  we  are  forced  to  omit  it. 


Senior  Dramatics. 


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ELIZABETH  SEARS  SARGENT. 

“Betsey,”  “Beth.” 

“ We  hurry  and  scurry  at  stroke  of  the  bell." 

Have  you  ever  heard  of  Jewett  City,  Conn.?  Well,  a dis- 
tinguished mathematician  was  born  there,  October  3,  1881 — one 
who  later  honored  Mount  Holyoke  with  her  presence,  and  the 
Domestic  Work  Department  there  with  her  valuable  assistance. 
Just  one  word  about  that.  Do  you  know  why  the  Senior  steps 
have  been  kept  so  well  this  year?  It’s  because  “Beth”  Sargent 
had  charge  of  Williston  Hall,  and  in  the  intervals  between 
eating  doughnuts  and  making  up  frogging  expeditions,  she  has 
overseen  the  sweeping.  No  one  would  ever  think  of  “Beth”  as 
having  a grasping  disposition,  but  pity  * tis,  ’tis  true.  Witness 
how  she  carried  a ten-quart  pail  and  the  frog-net  on  long  walks, 
hoping  to  earn  five  cents  apiece  for  frogs.  Problem:  If  “Beth” 
earned  27  1-2  cents,  how  many  frogs  did  she  catch? 


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SARA  WINONA  SEARS. 

“Sally,”  “Silly  Sally.” 

4 ‘/  am  a proper  maiden.  ” 

Sara  was  not  born  in  Holyoke,  but  in  Hinsdale,  Mass.,  on 
April  23,  1880.  Her  father  sent  her  to  college  to  keep  her  out 
of  mischief  and  she  promptly  chose  Mount  Holyoke  because  it 
was  “near  Amherst.”  Amherst  has  not  been  the  destination  of 
so  many  of  her  journeyings  as  has  Holyoke,  however,  and  now, 
at  the  end  of  four  years,  her  greatest  regret  is  that  she  has 
spent  so  much  time  in  that  city.  “They  say”  “Sally”  is  fond 
of  another  “Sally,”  and  also  of  the  Music  Department;  in  fact, 
she  did  vote  for  one  of  that  department  for  the  most  compan- 
ionable Faculty. 


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MARGARET  SEYMOUR. 

“Mugs.  ” 

“ Ministers'  daughters  a?id  deacons'  sons — ” 

Margaret  first  displayed  athletic  tendencies  March  2,  1881,  at 
Winchester,  Mass.  Since  then  the  tendency  has  become 
marked,  particularly  in  the  line  of  skating  and  tennis  playing, 
and  has  manifested  itself  in  walking  and  skeeing,  and  in  vocal 
powers,  as  well.  To  have  as  one’s  ambition,  “To  skate,  ride 
horseback,  and  play  tennis,”  when  one  already  does  them  well, 
can  only  mean  a desire  to  occupy  one's  time  exclusively  with 
them.  “The  running  track”  is  Margaret’s  favorite  course  in 
college,  and  vacation  time  Mount  Holyoke’s  most  enjoyable 
feature.  This  almost  makes  us  want  to  ask,  “And  why  did  she 
come  to  college?”  Could  it  possibly  be  because  “Sister”  did? 


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MARY  SEYMOUR. 

“Kid,”  “Mamie,”  “Marie.” 

“ Like — but  oh!  how  different." 

Twin  sister  of  the  preceding,  called  “Seymour”  in  order 
that  the  speaker  may  not  be  obliged  to  tell  whether  it  is 
Margaret  or  Mary.  Athletic  tendency,  the  same;  displayed 
more  in  love  of  tramping  and  camping  than  in  the  commoner 
sports,  though  present  in  these  to  a degree  a little  above  the 
average.  Vocal  power  also  well  developed  and  well  used  until 
yelling — that  is,  except  “Whoopee” — was  abolished.  Chief 
ambition  as  given,  “To  camp  as  long  as  I want  to,”  might  be 
supplemented  with,  “To  have  strawberry  shortcake  for  every 
meal.”  Chief  characteristic,  ability  to  speak  forcibly  and  with 
originality.  It  needs  force,  if  not  originality,  to  utter  the 
opinion  that  Amherst  is  the  most  unpopular  man’s  college,  in 
the  face  of  strong  evidence  that  all  Amherst  is  not  to  be  meanly 
held. 


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ABIGAIL  GRACE  SMITH. 

“Gail,”  “Gailie,”  “Gailibus.” 

‘ ‘ Tell  me , pretty  maiden , 

Are  there  any  more  at  home  like  you?" 

The  city  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  was  gladdened  on  July  28, 
1880,  by  the  arrival  of  another  Smith,  who  can  trace  her 
ancestry  as  far  back  as  Captain  John.  Wherever  this  maiden 
has  dwelt,  this  same  happy  effect  has  been  produced.  “Gail” 
says  the  most  pleasant  event  in  her  college  course  was  the 
winning  of  the  basket-ball  championship  for  the  third  successive 
year  in  1903.  This  is  not  strange  when  to  her  was  due  a 
seventh  part  of  the  credit  that  this  glorious  event  can  be 
recorded  in  the  annals  of  1903.  Her  loving  sympathetic  nature 
has  won  many  friends  for  her  among  the  Faculty,  as  well  as 
among  the  girls.  Some  of  the  former  even  call  her  “Gail,”  and 
make  exceptions  to  the  general  rule  for  her.  However,  she 
makes  no  distinctions,  not  even  among  the  “wedges.” 

To  fiiv.  Basket-ball  Team,  1900-1903  ; Corresponding  Secretary  of  Y.  W. 
C.  A.,  1901-1902;  Executive  Committee  of  Debating  Society,  1901-1902; 
Treasurer  of  Athletic  Association,  1901-1902;  Chairman  of  Class  Prayer-meet- 
ing Committee,  1902-1903. 


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ALICE  ELIZA  SMITH. 

“Smithie,”  “Smythe.” 

“I  know  her  ...  by  her  bright  black  eyes , her  bright  black 
hair , her  rapid  laughter .” 

Twenty-two  years  have  passed  since  “Smithie”  first  saw  the 
light  of  day  in  Chicopee,  Mass.  Her  preparation  for  college  was 
received  at  Williams  Memorial  Institute  in  New  London,  Conn. 
Desiring  in  the  future  her  bread  and  butter,  with  plenty  of  jam, 
she  came  to  college  to  fit  herself  to  obtain  the  necessities  of  life. 
As  a striking  characteristic,  one  would  mention  her  activity. 
This  activity  was  most  noticeable  in  her  efficiency  as  a member 
of  the  May  Day  Committee  for  1903.  Of  all  recreations,  she 
most  delights  in  walking,  and  particularly,  may  we  add,  in 
showing  friends  about  the  Campus  . . . and  . . . golf 

links.  Her  future  occupation  is  to  be  the  uncommon  one  of 
chasing  the  Almighty  Dollar. 


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IVA  JUNE  SMITH. 

“Ivy.” 

“ The  hand  that  made  thee  fair  hath  7nade  thee  good." 

Became  an  all-round  girl  on  June  18,  1880,  in  Montague, 
Mass.  Her  many  abilities  and  her  popularity  in  her  class  will 
be  seen  by  looking  at  the  list  of  offices  below  which  she  has 
held.  Did  you  ever  think  that  she  looks  like  a nice  white 
kitty?  Well,  you  look  at  her  next  time,  and  see  if  you  don’t 
notice  it.  She  says  that  her  favorite  college  is  Williams, 
but  perhaps  this  is  because  she  rooms  between  Cora  Dyer  and 
Alice  Eaton,  or  perhaps  to  conceal  the  fact  that  she  is  deeply 
interested  in  Tufts. 

To  8e.  Executive  Committee  of  To  8e,  1902-1903  ; Basket-ball  Team, 
1900-1903;  Literary  Editor  of  1903  Llamarada;  the  Mount  Holyoke  Board, 
1902-1903;  Class  Executive  Committee,  1902-1903. 


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LAURA  ETHEL  SMITH. 

“ First  awakened  to  the  importance  of  study." 

We  have  not  sufficient  space  to  enumerate  her  distinguished 
relatives  and  ancestors,  but  accept  her  alone  as  a worthy 
representative  of  the  name.  In  Salem,  Mass.,  she  was  born, 
bred,  educated  and  still  has  her  home.  At  the  age  of  eighteen 
she  entered  Mount  Holyoke  College,  “to  outline  more  clearly 
my  ignorance.”  Her  continued  desire  “to  increase  in 
knowledge”  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  her  chief  ambition  in 
life  is  to  wear  a gold  tassel.  Her  favorite  spot  on  the  Campus 
is  Williston  steps.  By  this  you  see  her  loyalty  to  the  Senior 
Class.  Her  plans  regarding  the  future  are  uncertain,  but  we 
doubt  not  that,  whatever  be  her  occupation,  it  will  be 
characterized  by  earnestness  and  conscientious  endeavor. 


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JESSIE  GOODWIN.  SPAULDING. 

“J.  G.’’ 

“ Never  idle  a moment , but  thrifty  and  thoughtful  of  others." 

Ever  since  Jessie  “shuffled  on  this  mortal  coil,”  in  1878,  at 
Milldale,  Conn.,  she  has  carried  more  than  her  share  of  this 
world’s  work.  It  was  not  enough  for  her  to  hold  one  office,  but 
she  has  been  successful  as  President  of  the  Debating  Society 
and  House  Chairman  of  Mead  Hall — this  latter  duty,  as  you  all 
know,  is  a most  onerous  one.  Among  Jessie’s  distinguished 
relatives  we  find  Bishop  Spaulding  of  Illinois,  and  it  is  rather 
surprising  to  find  a direct  descendant  of  such  a man,  proclaim- 
ing that  her  favorite  walk  is  up  to  the  Pepper-box,  and  that 
her  favorite  expressions  are  “Great  Hat’’  and  “Jinks.’’ 
Jessie’s  chief  ambition  as  head  of  the  Domestic  Department,  is 
plainly  foretold  by  her  proficiency  while  in  college  in  setting 
tables  for  breakfast,  and  it  accords  well  with  the  fact  that  she 
plans  to  spend  her  future,  “instructing  youthful  ideas  in  target 
practice.  ’’ 

To  juev.  President  of  To  juev,  1902-1903;  Secretary-Treasurer  of  Stu- 
dents’ League,  1901-1902;  House  Chairman  of  Mead  Hall,  1902-1903. 


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NELLIE  MALVINA  STEARNS. 

“Nell,”  “Nellie  Bly.” 

“ Thou'rt  mild , too  mild; 

I prithee,  swear." 

Born  December  6,  1879,  in  Chester,  Vermont,  and  preparing 
at  Vermont  Academy  Saxtons  River,  Vermont,  Nellie  has  been 
a typical  Vermont  girl  in  her  life  at  college — quiet,  unassuming 
and  smiling.  One  would  suppose  that  she  never  had  trouble  in 
getting  her  work  done  at  the  proper  time,  but  she  says  her 
greatest  regret  has  been  inability  to  do  two  things  at  one  time. 
And  this  is  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  Nellie  has  always  been  near 
the  library  and  recitation  buildings,  having  lived  in  Pearsons  for 
four  years.  Nellie  is  fond  of  Pearsons.  Will  the  new  dormi- 
tory she  is  going  to  erect,  when  worth  a million,  be  an  exact 
pattern  of  it? 


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LOUISE  EVELYN  STERNER. 

“Little  Louie.” 

“/’;//  not  lean  eiiough;  but  what  a student .” 

“Little  Louis”  was  little  only  for  a brief  period  of  her 
existence,  begun  in  1881.  Soon  her  tendencies  in  the  opposite 
direction  became  very  evident.  Her  fond  parents  were  loath  to 
tear  her  from  the  many  attractions  of  her  happy  home  in 
Bethlehem,  Penn.,  but  constant  expense  in  repairing  furniture 
rendered  it  necessary  to  send  this  destructive  young  lady  to 
some  institution  where  such  practices  were  prohibited  (??). 
They  thought  Mount  Holyoke  would  satisfactorily  answer  the 
conditions.  Is  Mount  Holyoke  furniture  proof  against 
“Louie”?  Refer  to  the  library  for  information.  Let  us  hope, 
however,  that  she  is  sufficiently  improved  to  warrant  her  safe 
return  to  the  land  of  William  Penn. 


Mandolin  Club. 


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LOUISE  PAYSON  STOWELL. 

“ Knowledge  is  power." 

Rode  into  the  world  January  30,  1880.  Since  that  date  she 
has  been  characterized  by  a fondness  for  horses  and  books. 
Since  entering  college  a very  loyal  devotion  to  “our  Darling” 
has  been  added  to  the  two  above  named  predilections.  As  to 
her  favorite  recreation,  ask  Mr.  Boynton;  no  one  knows  or 
appreciates  it  more  than  he.  Here  is  at  least  one  member  of 
1903  who  will  be  missed  in  a very  practical  way.  Her  love  of 
learning  is  to  be  gratified  next  year  by  a course  of  study  at 
Oxford.  Will  the  hostelries  in  England  have  such  generous 
patronage  as  those  in  America  have  had? 


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JEANE  FORREST  TAYLOR. 

“ Of  all  compositions  she  thought  that  the  sonnet 
Best  repaid  all  the  toil  she  expended  upon  it." 

Many  were  the  shouts- of  “Whoopee!”  when  Jeane  appeared 
in  the  world  on  July  the  Fourth,  1881,  at  Aberdeen,  Scotland. 
Even  two  individuals  in  far-away  Massachusetts  joined  in  the 
chorus,  and  have  continued  to  call  “Whoopee!”  on  all  occasions. 
This  has  not  been  the  only  impression  Jeane  has  made;  she  has 
been  successful  in  making  one  through  her  sonnet,  and  in 
making  another,  quite  different,  by  her  habit  of  disappearing 
altogether  from  college  at  frequent  intervals.  This  habit  is 
accounted  for  by  her  confession  that  “Sunday  at  home”  is  the 
most  valuable  feature  of  Mount  Holyoke  life.  It  might  be  the 
cause  of  her  ability  to  flunk,  were  it  possible  to  believe  that 
after  such  a record  as  she  has  made  in  Miss  Prentiss’  History 
courses,  she  were  possessed  of  this  ability. 


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WINIFRED  RICHARDS  TILDEN. 

“Win,”  “Tinnie  Wilden,”  “Skinnie  Winnie,”  “Tilly,” 
“Tildy,”  “Freddie,”  “Miss  Wisconsin.” 

“77/  tell  you  right  now." — IV.  R.  T. 

Way  out  in  Ames,  Iowa,  “Win”  first  escaped  being  captured 
by  the  Indians  on  October  8,  1880,  because  she  cried  out  in  a 
loud  voice,  “What  have  I done!”  It  is  the  first  time  we  ever 
knew  that  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson,  Phillips  Brooks  and  James 
Fenimore  Cooper  were  related,  but  since  veracity  is  one  of 
“Win’s”  virtues,  and  since  she  claims  them  as  relatives,  we 
would  only  ask  her  to  write  out  the  genealogical  tree.  The 
above  fact  will  in  part  account  for  her  excellent  work  on  the 
Executive  Committee  and  for  her  readiness  to  work  behind  the 
scenes.  She  won  the  fame  which  will  always  make  her  promi- 
nent among  her  classmates  by  her  strenuous  efforts  on  the 
sandwich  committee  her  Junior  year. 

X.  A.  Q.  Class  Executive  Committee,  1902-1903. 


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ANNIE  CAROLINE  TRACY. 

“Ann,”  “David  Boffin,  Esq.,”  “Hubby,”  “Villain,” 
“Trannie  Acy.  ” 

“ With  sterling  stamped from  head  to  foot." 

Annie  Caroline  Tracy,  “with  a naughty  little  twinkle  in  her 
eye,”  first  looked  upon  this  world  in  Marsovan,  Turkey,  April 
19,  1879.  She  fitted  for  college  in  the  Waverly,  N.  Y.,  High 
School,  and  then  made  a “high  jump”  into  Mount  Holyoke 
College,  breaking  all  previous  records.  Various  honors  have 
befallen  this  versatile  maiden,  but  the  greatest  was  being  made 
President  of  the  Archaeological  Society.  Over  this  she  presides 
with  great  dignity  (when  she  attends  the  meetings).  Her 
friends  have  considered  this  quotation  appropriate: 

“Seemed  washing  her  hands  with  invisible  soap 
In  imperceptible  water.” 

What  a reputation  to  have!  No  wonder  that  “Ann”  needs 
to  wash  her  hands  for  she  uses  her  fountain  pen  freely  for 
anything  in  a literary  line  from  the  “ Llamy ” calendar  to 
scholarly  essays  on  art.  Incidentally,  too,  she  wrote  our  “Ivy 
Song”  and  our  “Class  Prophecy.” 

To  juev.  Literary  Editor  of  1903  Llamarada;  Vice-President  of  To  juev , 
1902-1903;  House  Chairman  of  Brigham  Hall,  1902-1903;  Class  Executive 
Committee,  1902-February,  1903;  Class  Prophet. 


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ALICE  VanDOREN. 

“Bunch,”  “Punch,”  “Mrs.  Micawber,”  “Sinny,”  “Alie  Dorey.” 

1 1 The  light  that  lies 
In  woman's  eyes." 

Alice  VanDoren  first  displayed  gullibility  in  Tyre,  N.  Y., 
March  13,  1881.  Miss  VanDoren  fitted  for  college  in  the 
Albany  High  School,  where  she  laid  in  a store  of  long  words 
from  which  she  has  frequently  drawn  since  her  residence  at 
Mount  Holyoke.  She  is  undeniably  a shark.  No  one  else 
would  have  thought  of  referring  to  James’  Psychology,  Chapter 
xxiv,  page  385,  for  sensations  upon  receiving  a summons  to  the 
President’s  or  Registrar’s  office.  Only  Alice  would  think 
psychologically  at  such  a critical  time;  the  rest  of  us  would 
consider  it  merely  as  a tragic  historical  event,  portending  dire 
disaster.  She  does  not  like  gym.  work,  but — she  can  “speak 
Greek  as  naturally  as  pigs  squeak.”  Yes,  and  she  once  made  a 
brilliant  recitation  in  Bible  III.  In  fact,  no  one  has  even  known 
her  to  flunk.  She  gives  the  Mount  Holyoke  range  as  her 
favorite  walk,  and  will  enthuse  at  a moment’s  notice,  if  you 
mention  mountains  to  her. 

To  jusv.  Chairman  of  Class  Prayer-meeting  Committee,  1901-1902. 


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HARRIET  CROSS  VanWAGNER. 

“Van/'  “Coon.”  “Harrie,”  “Uncle  Bill,”  “Banny-doodles. ” 

“ Gentle , mild  and  virtuous." 

A future  domestic  scientist  opened  her  eyes  on  a very 
sunshiny  world,  August  20,  1880,  in  Madison,  N.  J.,  and  arrived 
at  Mount  Holyoke  College  in  the  fall  of  1899.  She  neglected  to 
give  the  reason  for  this  step,  but  it  has  proved  to  be  a wise 
one,  for  from  her  life  here  “Hattie”  has  gained  knowledge 
highly  valuable  to  one  of  her  profession,  knowledge  not  only  of 
business  methods,  but  even  of  how  to  economize  room  space. 
It  was  rather  necessary  for  her  to  learn  this  early  in  her  career; 
how  otherwise  could  she  put  on  a limited  wall  space  all  the 
flags,  banners,  pipes,  frames,  and  caps  which  must  be  there? 
And  still  she  does  not  become  blue,  except  in  outward  appear- 
ances two  or  three  times  a year. 

Banjo  Club;  Assistant  Business  Manager  of  The  Mount  Holyoke,  1900- 
1901.  Business  Manager  of  The  Mount  Holyoke , 1901-1902. 


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HELEN  ELIZABETH  VOGLESON. 

“ Faultily  Faultless." 

This  dark-eyed  maiden  quietly  began  her  journey  through 
life  on  July  22,  1878,  at  Columbiana,  Ohio.  She  remained  true 
to  her  native  state,  preparing  for  college  at  Lake  Erie  College, 
Painesville,  Ohio,  and  she  took  her  Freshman  year  there, 
coming  to  us  at  the  beginning  of  her  Sophomore  year.  Helen 
bids  fair  to  attain  her  highest  ambition,  which  is  to  become  a 
librarian,  since  she  has  been  one  of  the  land-marks  at  the  Art 
Library  for  the  past  two  years.  Helen  deserves  honorable 
mention  as  the  neatest  girl  in  the  class  and  she  reminds  one  of 
Spotless  Town.  It  would  almost  be  a relief  to  see  her  hair 
disarranged  or  hooks  on  her  skirt  hanging  by  their  eyelids. 


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RUTH  NAOMI  WALKER. 

“Rufus,”  “Oofie,”  “Ru,”  “Miss  Valker.” 

‘ lOf  manners  gentle; 

Of  affections  mild  (?)” 

Began  to  admire  her  sister  on  November  10,  1880,  in  Union, 
Conn.  She  says  she  came  to  Mount  Holyoke,  “Because  my 
sister  did.”  On  entering  college  she  extended  this  faculty  for 
admiration  toward  her  four-years’  roommate  and  later  toward 
some  members  of  the  Faculty.  Her  ability  to  worry  is  also 
much  developed,  but  that  there  has  been  no  necessity  for  this 
can  be  proved  by  the  fact  that  she  has  been  a faithful  member 
of  the  Glee  Club  for  four  years.  Her  faithfulness  extends  in 
all  directions,  as  was  recognized  by  1903  when  they  chose  the 
Senior  Class  Secretary. 


Glee  Club. 


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EDITH  MAYNARD  WALLACE. 

“Edie.” 

“ For  nature  made  her  what  she  is , 

And  ne'er  made  sic  unit  her." 

In  the  bustling  city  of  Boston  on  March  24,  1879,  “Edie” 
opened  her  large  brown  eyes  and  timidly  looked  around.  The 
rush  and  roar  of  the  “Hub”  proved  too  much  for  this  shy,  timid 
bird,  and  she  soon  migrated  to  Nashua,  where  in  the  seclusion 
of  the  woods  and  fields  she  could  enjoy  a life  which  was  much 
more  to  her  taste.  It  was  here  that  she  first  began  to  prowl 
around  under  stiles  and  stumps  seeing  things,  and  so  when  she 
came  to  Mount  Holyoke  it  was  not  long  before  her  naturalistic 
tendencies  were  discovered  and  she  was  forced  to  come  out  of 
her  shell.  Who  cannot  recall  Edith  armed  with  frog-net  and 
pail  wandering  slowly  along  by  the  upper  lake  or  some  secluded 
pool  patiently  and  yet  eagerly  waiting  for  a pair  of  bulging 
eyes  to  appear  among  the  water  weeds?  You  must  not  suppose 
that  her  skill  lay  alone  in  the  manipulation  of  a frog-net, 
because  she  was  equally  as  skilled  with  her  pencils,  and  proved 
a valuable  assistant  to  the  Art  Department. 


1903  Class  Book. 


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RUTH  PORTER  WARD. 

“Rufus,”  “Porter.” 

'■Better  late  than  never." 

“Born  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  December  10,  1881,  one  of  the 
immortal  few  of  whom  it  was  once  said,  “What  a sight!”  She 
opened  her  eyes  a little  too  late  to  see  her  distinguished 
ancestor,  Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow.  Ruth  has  always 
kept  this  lack  of  previousness  as  a prominent  characteristic. 
She  is  even  behind  the  times  when  she  states  that  Amherst  is 
the  most  popular  man’s  college.  This  fact  might  seem  to 
contradict  her  statement  that  her  occupation  is  to  be  teaching. 
Her  extreme  neatness  and  her  success  in  managing  Pearsons 
Hall  will  recommend  her  for  any  position. 

House  Chairman  of  Pearsons  Hall,  1902-1903. 


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MARTHA  TAPPAN  WEBSTER. 

“Empty,”  “Kidlet.” 

“ I'm  told  that  you  write  in  public  prints ; ef  true. 

It's  nateral you  should  know  a thing  or  two." 

Began  to  show  signs  of  brilliancy  on  September  26,  1882,  in 
Gardiner,  Maine.  From  her  external  appearance  you  would  at 
once  know  that  she  was  a relative  of  Miss  Hannah  Noble.  She 
“came  so  merry,  from  the  peaceful  cemetary,”  to  Mount 
Holyoke  on  purpose  to  flunk  Bible.  Question:  Was  this  due 

to  the  illegibility  of  her  handwriting  or  to  Alice  Cook’s  tipping 
her  chair  backward?  In  spite  of  this  fact,  she  got  into  the 
Debating  Society.  Question:  How  many  A’s  in  German  does 

it  take  to  balance  an  F in  Bible?  In  the  winter  time  she  is  lost 
to  sight  completely  in  an  immense  astrachan  collarette  and  huge 
gray  tarn.  In  fact,  but  for  a glimpse  of  a pair  of  eye-glasses 
and  a little  red  nose,  you  would  not  know  there  was  any  girl 
there — but,  rats,  what’s  the  difference? 


To  5e. 


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LUCY  CAROLINE  WELLS. 

“Lu.” 

“ The  reason  firm , the  temperate  will , 

Endurance,  foresight,  strength  and  skill." 

On  May  21,  1881.  at  East  Onondaga,  N.  Y.,  Lucy  began  to 
go  to  the  “root  of  things  and  to  raise  them  to  the  “wth”  power. 
She  did  not  long  remain  inland,  but  migrated  to  the  Atlantic 
Coast  to  prepare  for  Mount  Holyoke  at  the  Brighton  High 
School,  Boston.  Lucy  tells  us  that  her  first,  last  and  only 
domestic  work  has  been  errand  girl  for  the  Observatory;  this 
fact  alone  speaks  strongly  because  we  all  know  the  mental 
strain  connected  with  such  work.  We  were  not  surprised  to 
find  that  Lucy  kept  a cash  account  for  the  full  four  years;  it 
would  have  been  quite  against  her  methodical  nature  if  she 
hadn’t.  We  all  agree  with  Lucy  in  that  her  most  glaring 
deficiency  is  silence,  but  the  poet  says,  “Silence  is  Golden.” 

To  fiev.  Secretary-Treasurer  of  To  f-iev,  1901-1902;  Class  Treasurer, 
1901-1902. 


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FLORENCE  DONNELL  WHITE. 

“Fliss,”  “Idjit,”  “Id,”  “Heathen.” 

“ Ye  gods , how  she  can  talk." 

Permit  me  to  state  that,  on  the  twenty-third  of  January, 
1882,  in  Alma,  Me.,  there  began  a most  rapid,  original  and 
idiosyncratic  flow  of  language,  of  the  purest  and  most  elegant 
English,  mixed  with  an  occasional  Italian  ejaculation  and 
French  verb,  which  French  was  so  idiomatic  and  fluent  that  you 
would  suspect  her  of  not  having  been  born  in  her  native  town, 
but  while  on  a visit  to — Paris.  Allow  me  to  remark  that  this 
left  its  much-loved  home  in  Bangor  at  the  tender  age  of 
seventeen  and  entered  Mount  Holyoke,  to  become  the  mainstay 
of  the  French  Department  in  the  capacity  of  both  prize  pupil  and 
assistant  professor.  Immediately  after  graduation  it  is  going 
abroad  to  continue  its  work  as  C.  T.  among  the  Parisians.  We 
would  like  to  add  that  the  majestic  owner  of  this  large  and 
glorious  gift  of  speech  has  distinguished  herself  and  her  class  as 
Art  Editor  of  the  1903  Llamarada , and  is  a prime  favorite  with 
everybody  who  knows  her. 

To  de.  Art  Editor  of  1903  Llamarada  Board;  Class  Executive  Commit- 
tee, 1900-1901. 


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AMY  ELIZABETH  WIGGIN 


‘Wig/' 


“ Who  loves  a garden  loves  a greenhouse  too." 


Amy  Elizabeth  Wiggin  first  became  a “Ma(i)niac”  at 
Auburn,  Maine,  the  twenty-eighth  of  April,  1879.  She  began 
to  grow  tall  at  once  and  continued  to  do  so  until  about  the  time 
that  she  entered  college.  Then  she  stopped  development  in 
this  line  and  began  to  grow  in  knowledge.  She  had  laid  a good 
foundation  for  this  growth  in  the  Edward  Little  High  School, 
where  she  fitted  for  college.  Amy  states  that  her  most  glaring 
deficiency  is  brains,  but  this  is  altogether  too  common  a 
complaint  to  be  especially  characteristic  of  her.  She  is  devoted 
to  Floriculture,  so  much  so  that  she  thinks  of  making  it  her  life 
work.  Will  she  succeed  Mr.  Bates  as  college  florist  is  the  great 
problem  now,  or  will  she  retire  to  Auburn?  Botany  and 
Zoology  are  kindred  studies;  we  suppose  this  is  why  Amy  shows 
such  commendable  interest  in  the  “Zo”  department.  Perhaps 
this  power  of  correlation  was  what  enabled  Amy  to  endure  the 
Everett  House  and  the  making  up  of  college  work  which  she 
lost  while  there.  She’s  plucky,  any  way. 


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ALICE  ROSENKRAUS  WILSON. 

“Pick,”  “Willie.” 

“ Joy  files  monopolists:  it  calls  for  two." 

Her  hair  began  to  grow  curly  on  November  18,  1881,  in 
Blairstown,  N.  J.  There  is  scarcely  any  need  to  say  what  state 
she  comes  from,  since  anyone  who  has  ever  heard  her  say 
“caow, ” knows  at  once.  After  preparation  at  Blair  Academy 
she  came  to  Mount  Holyoke  because  the  domestic  work  system 
attracted  her  as  being  of  some  practical  value  in  her  future 
occupation.  But,  alas!  she  has  not  spent  her  time  here  as 
profitably  as  she  might  have,  for,  instead  of  peeling  potatoes  in 
the  kitchen,  she  chose  to  dust  the  Chapel!  She  intends  to 
enter  upon  her  future  occupation  within  a few  months, 
although  it  does  not  seem  exactly  suited  to  a young  person  with 
such  talent  in  the  line  of  base-ball  as  she  possesses. 


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LUELLA  PARKER  WINSHIP. 

“Lue.” 

“ Willing  and  able." 

On  May  3 1 , 1880,  “Lue”  first  opened  her  eyes,  hesitated  for 
one  second,  and  then  sent  forth  a heavy  shower  of  unprounce- 
able  words  with  such  ease  and  rapidity  that  only  one  word, 
“Tedda,”  could  be  clearly  understood.  After  a few  months 
there  was  no  longer  doubt  concerning  the  growing  significance 
of  this  word  for  her,  nor  has  there  been  since,  even  in  the  course 
of  twenty-two  years.  During  this  time,  “Lue’s”  mind  has 
developed  so  rapidly  that  she  found  at  least  four  years  ago  that 
fellow  students  could  not  be  her  most  congenial  associates  in 
college  life.  She  confesses  at  the  close  of  her  course  that  she 
has  only  pleasant  recollections  of  the  performance  of  her  duty 
as  Senior  opposite.  Accompanying  the  unusual  intellectual 
development  is  a faculty  for  conducting  business  affairs  which 
found  expression  in  the  financial  management  of  the  1903 
Llarnarada.  It  seems  strange  that  practical  business-like 
“Lue”  should  think  first  of  the  preservation  of  the  Pepper-box 
when  asked  what  1903  has  done  for  the  college.  Yet — is  it  so 
strange  after  all? 

r K;  To  /uir.  Business  Manager  of  1903  Llarnarada. 


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ALICE  CHRISTINE  WOODS. 

“ Full  of  virtue,  bounty , worth  and  qualities .” 

The  musical  voice  of  Alice  Woods  was  first  heard  at  19 
Beacon  street,  Natick,  Mass.,  on  November  15,  1880.  Even  at 
that  early  date  it  was  readily  to  be  seen  that  Alice  would  event- 
ually become  a member  of  the  Glee  Club  and  of  the  Choral 
Club  of  Mount  Holyoke  College.  But  no  one  suspected  how 
valuable  she  would  become  in  Mead  Hall  as  chief  soloist  and 
leader  of  the  house  music.  She  fitted  for  college  in  the  Natick 
High  School  and  like  a sensible  girl  preferred  Holyoke  to 
Wellesley.  If  you  want  to  know  about  Alice’s  superior  virtues, 
ask  the  underclass  girls  in  Mead,  especially  the  Freshmen.  She 
can  be  motherly  and  they  all  appreciate  this  fact.  Her  most 
striking  proficiency  is  in  the  hair  line.  It  has  always  been  a 
mystery  to  her  friends  how  Alice  could  keep  her  head  so  level 
when  it  is  so  heavily  loaded  with  hair.  She  doesn’t  get  easily 
flustrated,  however,  and  her  hair  always  looks  as  smooth  as  a 
pussy-cat’s  when  it’s  not  rubbed  the  wrong  way. 

Glee  Club,  1900-1903. 


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EDITH  LYDIA  WOODWARD. 

“Gramp,”  “Woodard.” 

‘ 'Her  feet  beneath  her  petticoat 
Like  little  mice  peeped  in  and  out." 

Began  to  study  logic  on  December  9,  1879,  in  Torrington, 
Conn.  After  teaching  a year  in  her  native  high  school,  she 
entered  upon  her  career  of  iniquity  at  Mount  Holyoke.  The 
first  thing  she  did  was  to  cut  Chapel;  the  next,  to  cut  church; 
the  next,  to  take  a sit-up  on  somebody  else’s  night,  etc.,  ad 
infinitum.  Her  Senior  year,  however,  after  receiving  a note 
from  the  President  of  the  League,  she  decided  to  reform,  and 
went  to  Chapel  three  times  in  succession.  It  was  on  one  of 
these  occasions  that  she  was  actually  seen  wearing  cap  and 
gown.  She  is  another  one  of  those  Chemistry  sharks  who  think 
they  own  the  Lab.  when  they  are  up  there  washing  bottles.  If 
you  ever  meet  her,  do  kiss  her,  she  is  so  fond  of  it. 


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KATHARINE  FLEMING  WORCESTER. 

“Cassie  Wooster,”  “Blossom.” 

i(0  sleep , it  is  a gentle  thing , 

Beloved  from  pole  to  pole." 

Katharine  Fleming-  Worcester  was  born  in  the  state  of  large 
mosquitoes  at  South  Orange,  November  6,  1881.  She  thinks 
her  most  striking  proficiency  is  in  cutting  paper  designs;  she 
does  this  well,  but  some  think  that  she  has  more  ability  in 
other  lines.  She  has  been  ground  on  her  proficiency  in  drink- 
ing milk  ever  since  she  entered  college — perhaps  before.  Who 
knows?  Perhaps  her  ability  in  literary  lines  is  due  to  her  kin- 
ship with  Joseph  Worcester,  lexicographer.  In  her  Senior  year, 
Katharine  actually  condescended  to  elect  an  easy  course;  she 
claims  to  be  interested  in  Botany.  We  suppose  that  accounts 
for  her  being  so  far  advanced  in  it  as  to  be  allowed  to  take 
course  9.  Her  favorite  flower  is  Sweet  Peas(e). 

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LAURA  ANNA  YALE. 

“Yalie,”  “Daphy,”  “Cimmy”  (snort  for  Cimmabue). 

“ April  first  ( widely  cursed ), 

Laura  Yale , in  a gale; 

(Not  a fool ) always  cool , 

Sat  upon  the  organ  stool." 

Since  that  memorable  year  1880,  not  once  has  Laura  failed 
to  enthuse  at  the  mention  of  music.  She  came  to  Mount 
Holyoke  “in  search  of  a minister,”  but  where  is  he?  She  must 
keep  him  in  the  shoe-bag,  the  absence  of  which  she  says  has 
caused  her  greatest  regret  during  her  college  course.  We 
prophesy  great  success  for  her  in  her  future  occupation  of 
■“waiting  for  something  to  turn  up.” 

Banjo  Club ; Senior  Dramatics. 


FORMER  MEMBERS 


“ They  are  gone  but  not  forgotten." 


Frederika  Abraham 
Lizzie  Cassandra  Aldrich 
Mabel  Ray  Avery 
Harriet  Elizabeth  Ball,  3 @ A 
Ida  McKinley  Barber,  2 01 
Marion  Holmes  Bassett 
Alice  Morrison  Bell 
Mabel  Sophia  Bliss 
Margaret  Hutcheson  Booth 

3 ® A 

Mary  Helen  Broeksmit,  3 $ A 
Mabel  Nutting  Brown 
Miriam  Feronia  Carpenter 
Elizabeth  Roberts  Clark 
Blanche  Alfaretta  Cole 
Bessie  Connolly 
Elizabeth  Hanna  Craig 
Marion  Lincoln  Cummings 
Louisa  Jane  Dakin 
Alice  May  Davis 
Lucy  Cable  Elliott,  W £1 
Nellie  Carolyn  Farlee 
Addie  Beatrice  Fiske 
Alice  Ethel  Forsythe 
Angeline  Latham  Geer 
Laura  Goodrich 
Elizabeth  Grosvenor  Greene 
Ethel  Collingwood  Hall 
Annie  Brayton  Harding,  W £ 1 
Frances  Hayden,  3 @ A 
Mary  Elizabeth  Hedden 
Julia  Etta  Hitchcock 
Cora  May  Hitt 
Edna  May  Hoffnagle 
Elsie  Rebecca  Holt 


Kate  Gertrude  Howard 
Helen  Howe 

Mabel  Margaret  Hubbard 
Florence  Hutchins 
Ruth  Louise  Ives 
Ethel  Borleau  Jacoby 
Grace  Annie  Jadwin,  W £1 
Bertha  Adair  Johnson 
Helen  Louise  Johnson 
Maud  Annie  Johnston 
Maybelle  Florence  Jones 
Mildred  May  Kelley,  3 $ A 
Frances  Sophia  Kennedy 
Bernice  Harvey  Lang 
Ethel  Louise  Leach 
Edna  Eunice  Lindsley 
Emma  Longfellow 
Hattie  Bell  Lord 
Grace  Albro  Lowe 
Jane  Knowlton  Macdonald,  FK 
Annie  Nutting  Mathews 
Harriet  Luva  Maynard 
Matilda  Peebles  McCoy 
Anna  Clark  Magee 
Edna  Miner 
Helen  Newhall  Mower 
Irene  Myers 

Harriet  Gertrude  Norton,  W £1 
Mary  Hall  Oleson 
Sophia  Helen  Olmstead 
Bessie  Louise  Palmer 
Jessie  Agnes  Parsons 
Helen  Foster  Pearson 
Helen  Bartlett  Pettengill 
Ella  Garis  Phillips 


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Sarah  Porter 
Katherine  Railey 
Agnes  Magdalene  Ralph 
Lucy  Carleton  Reed 
Elizabeth  Lathrop  Rowell 
Louise  Platt  Ruggles 
Helena  Sayles 
Jessie  Veronica  Scanlin 
Caroline  Ethel  Schoonover 
Eva  Sheldon 
Helen  Louise  Shumway 
Annie  Nazro  Simpson,  W D, 
Charlotte  Wallace  Slawson 
Clara  Harriet  Smart 
Annie  Eliza  Smith 
Elsie  Eurebia  Spicer 
Bertha  Estelle  Sprague 
Lydia  Zoeline  Stafford 


Bertha  Lydia  Stark 
Sara  Helen  Stevens 
Mary  Filkins  St.  John 
Mary  Sanford  Taylor 
Alice  Ida  Teele 
Ina  May  Tenney 
Mae  Frances  Totten 
Josephyne  Andress  Transue 
Isabel  McClatchey  Turner 
Alice  Ethelberta  Warner 
Bertha  J.  Weissbrod 
Alice  Augusta  Wilcox 
Ashley  Whipple 
Annie  White,  8 @ d 
Lilian  Louise  Whitehead 

A- W.  Woodworth 

Harriet  Sabra  Wright 


MEMORIES 


THEN  AND  NOW 


THE  “then”  is  not  so  far  in  the  past  as  to  really  belong  to 
ancient  history,  so  that  when  one  sits  down  to  consider 
the  changes,  material,  academic  and  social,  it  seems  hardly 
possible  that  four  years  should  have  sufficed  to  accomplish  so 
much.  As  I personally  remember  the  beginning,  it  was  one 
evening  early  in  September,  1899.  It  was  growing  dark  and  I 
scrambled  down  a long  flight  of  iron  stairs  at  the  station  in 
Holyoke,  somewhat  dubious  as  to  the  outcome,  but  following  a 
crowd  of  girls  who  seemed  to  know  very  well  where  they 
wanted  to  go  and  how  to  get  there.  It  was  too  dark  to  read  any 
of  the  signs  on  the  cars  but  I am  very  sure  “Amherst”  and 
“Sunderland”  were  both  wanting,  for  the  Amherst  and  Sunder- 
land line  dates  from  only  a year  ago,  and  also  the  line  from 
Northampton  to  Holyoke  is  new  in  our  time.  These  two  lines 
complete  a circuit  from  South  Hadley  through  Amherst,  Old 
Hadley,  Northampton,  Holyoke,  and  thus  back  home — a very 
pleasant  ride  and  one  of  the  changes  we  could  ill  spare.  How- 
ever, even  then  the  Holyoke  cars  brought  us  safely  to  the  Cam- 
pus. Wilder  Hall  was  opened  that  year  for  the  first  time  and,  if 
somewhat  bare  in  contrast  with  its  present  appearance,  it  looked 
very  bright  and  fresh  to  one  weary  traveler  at  least.  It  was 
two  years  later  that  Mead  was  opened  and  three  years  before 
old  West  Hall,  which  so  badly  marred  the  front  of  Pearsons 
Hall,  was  torn  down.  At  that  time  the  cosy  little  “Pearsons 
Annex”  was  made  from  the  Smith  Cottage.  North  Hall,  too, 
which  at  the  time  we  came  was  used  as  a home  for  a few 
students,  has  been  so  changed  that  it  is  hardly  recognizable. 
This  was  the  Dwight  homestead,  a handsome  old  colonial 
dwelling.  It  was  moved  two  years  ago  farther  back  on  the 
Campus  and  transformed  into  a modern  infirmary  of  good 
equipment,  having  all  necessary  arrangements  for  meeting 
expeditiously  any  needs  which  may  arise  through  sickness, 
including,  as  it  does,  a separate  ward  for  the  isolation  of 
contagious  diseases.  The  change  was  complete  even  to  the 
very  name  and  it  is  now  known  as  Everett  House.  Hitchcock 
Cottage,  which  had  inadequately  served  the  purposes  of  an 
infirmary,  has  since  then  been  used  as  a home  for  an  instructor 


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and  a few  students.  That,  I think,  completes  the  record  of  the 
changes  in  the  residence  halls  in  our  time,  though  it  might  be 
added  that  on  account  of  increased  numbers  all  the  available 
space  in  the  village,  in  addition  to  Mrs.  Purington’s  and  Miss 
Hooker’s  cottages,  is  now  needed  to  accommodate  the  surplus 
of  the  Freshman  Class. 

The  Gymnasium  was  completed  during  our  Freshman  year 
and  added  greatly  not  only  to  the  possibilities  for  physical 
culture,  but  also  to  the  facilities  for  the  social  life  of  the 
students.  Its  generous  floor  space  has  been  utilized  in  many 
ways.  That  is  where  the  Junior  Promenade  is  held.  This 
festivity  has  been  changed  from  the  spring,  to  February  2 2d, 
and  that  was  not  only  in  our  time,  but  the  work  of  the  Class  of 
1903.  The  Glee  Club  concert  comes  about  that  time,  and  the 
two  events  give  rise  to  the  special  midwinter  occasion  for 
hospitality.  But  the  social  use  is  by  no  means  the  chief  use 
made  of  the  Gymnasium.  It  is  fully  equipped  with  the  best 
gymnastic  apparatus  and  is  in  nearly  constant  use,  during  the 
regular  college  days,  for  physical  exercise.  The  loss  of  the 
Gymnasium  in  the  old  building  practically  suspended  the 
physical  work  until  the  new  one  was  built.  Then  it  had  been 
under  the  care  of  one  teacher.  Now  the  exercise  and  physical 
condition  is  cared  for  by  three  regular  gymnastic  teachers  and 
there  are  two  resident  physicians  instead  of  one,  so  that  it  will 
be  possible  for  Mount  Holyoke  to  add  her  quota  to  the  vital 
statistics  of  college  women — not  an  unimportant  work,  when 
one  considers  what  useful  conclusions  may  be  drawn  from  a 
sufficiently  large  number  of  careful  observations.  In  the 
Gymnasium,  also,  are  given  the  plays  by  the  different  classes. 
The  first  play  1903  saw  as  members  of  the  college,  was  given  in 
the  church  hall,  which  had  been  very  generously  loaned  by  the 
church  to  the  college  for  various  uses  during  the  great  need 
occasioned  by  the  fire.  Can  anyone  imagine  the  “Pilgrim,”  as 
recently  given  by  our  class,  presented  with  almost  no  stage,  no 
green-room,  inadequate  auditorium  and  no  electric  lights? 

Perhaps  of  all  the  buildings  added  in  our  time,  Dwight  Hall 
is  the  most  conspicuous.  It  is  a beautiful  building  in  itself  and 
also  exceedingly  well  adapted  for  its  special  use.  Its  library 
rooms  are  ideal  in  coloring  and  tone.  This  building  is  the  home 
of  not  only  the  art  and  archaeology  departments,  but  also  of 
the  classics.  It  has  been  utilized  to  good  advantage  for  social 
purposes.  The  large  upper  hall,  with  the  adjacent  rooms,  form 


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a charming  place  for  receptions.  Until  a year  ago  the  power- 
house, brought  out  of  its  retirement  behind  the  old  residence 
hall  by  the  fire,  occupied  a conspicuous  place  on  the  Campus. 
Very  necessary  to  our  comfort  and  happiness,  it  was  not  a 
thing  of  beauty  and  no  one  regretted  its  removal  to  the  shore  of 
the  lake.  There  we  have  a modern  power-house  with  up-to- 
date  equipment,  not  least  important  of  which  is  the  dynamo, 
which  furnishes  the  electric  light  for  the  public  buildings  and 
the  public  rooms  of  the  residence  halls.  The  possibilities  of 
varied  arrangement  of  lights  in  Chapel,  Gymnasium  and  halls, 
have  been  greatly  increased  by  the  installation  of  the  electric 
light  plant. 

The  Talcott  arboretum  claims  also  honorable  mention.  The 
houses  were  in  process  of  erection  when  we  came  to  college 
four  years  ago.  When  one  goes  into  the  palm  house  or  the 
room  for  aquatic  plants,  it  is  hard  to  realize  that  all  this  beauty 
has  been  accomplished  in  so  short  a time. 

There  have  been  many  minor  improvements,  perhaps  none 
more  appreciated  than  the  new  quarters  for  the  Post  Office. 
That  change  occurred  only  a year  ago,  and  to  those  who  remem- 
ber how  dismal  the  basement  of  Mary  Lyon  Hall  seemed  as  the 
members  of  the  Freshman  Latin  section  stumbled  through  it 
four  years  ago  to  their  cramped  little  class-room,  it  seems  to  have 
been  truly  making  something  out  of  nothing.  The  little  class- 
room has  been  turned  into  a convenient  lunch  and  study  room  for 
day  students,  while  the  whole  central  space  of  the  basement  has 
been  made  bright  by  a prismatic  window  which  has  certainly 
shed  light  into  a very  dark  spot.  There  are  new  boxes  and 
plenty  of  them,  with  space  enough  around  so  that  it  is  not 
impossible  to  get  one's  mail  even  between  the  first  and  second 
hours  of  the  morning  when  a large  proportion  of  the  college 
are  to  be  found  in  the  rotunda.  All  bulletin  boards  have  been 
taken  from  the  upper  hall  and  placed  below,  so  that  through  the 
almost  unused  space  of  the  old  basement  a busy,  active  throng 
of  students  are  now  passing  during  a large  part  of  the  free  time 
of  every  college  day. 

The  moving  of  West  Hall  changed  the  appearance  of 
Pearsons  Hall  very  much,  as  has  also  the  straightening  of  the 
boundary  fence  which  was  made  possible  by  the  removal  of  the 
old  burial  ground.  That  and  the  building  of  the  new  town 
library,  while  not  college  matters,  materially  change  the 
appearance  of  College  Street.  I had  almost  forgotten  the 


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improvements  in  the  Observatory  on  Prospect,  which  is  better 
known  as  the  “pepper-box.”  All  these  changes  in  our  time! 
A short  but  surely  not  uneventful  four  years!  So  much  for 
outward  appearances.  What  shall  we  say  of  students,  Faculty, 
lecture  courses,  social  and  religious  life?  Our  college  course 
has  been  in  two  administrations.  We  are  glad  to  have  known 
by  personal  experience  something  of  President  Mead’s  work  for 
the  college;  we  are  also  glad  to  have  had  our  share  in  the 
beginning  of  the  new  administration  of  President  Woolley. 
The  Class  of  1903  showed  its  appreciation  of  the  new  President 
even  before  her  coming  by  an  invitation  to  her  to  become  an 
honorary  member.  It  was  in  our  Freshman  year  that  President 
Mead  resigned  and  President  Woolley  was  appointed,  though 
the  actual  change  did  not  take  place  until  the  Sophomore  year 
Then  the  “Faculty  and  officers”  numbered  fifty-two;  now  they 
are  seventy-five.  Many  new  courses  of  study  have  been  added. 
The  actual  figures  as  shown  by  comparison  of  the  catalogues  of 
1899-1900  and  1902-1903  show  an  increase  from  178  to  205. 
There  has  been  also  a strengthening  all  along  the  line,  which  is 
only  partially  shown  by  the  catalogues.  Both  Faculty  and 
equipment  have  been  materially  increased.  Moreover,  the 
increase  has  been  at  the  rate  of  forty-four  per  cent  in  the 
Faculty  to  twenty-four— per  cent  in  the  student  body.  This 
admits  of  not  only  an  increased  number  of  electives,  but  also  of 
more  intensive  work  in  the  electives  given.  At  the  time  1903 
appeared  it  was  the  largest  Freshman  class  which  had  ever 
matriculated.  The  catalogue  of  1899-1900  shows  214  Freshmen 
enrolled.  Of  these,  the  class  graduates  122.  Its  extra  size 
increased  the  college  enrollment  from  441  (1898-1899)  to  540 
(1899-1900).  Now  the  college  numbers  671,  and  the  present 
Freshman  class  235.  Very  many  are  refused  every  year  on 
account  of  lack  of  room  in  class-rooms,  dormitories  and 
laboratories.  Miss  Gould’s  gift  last  year  of  $40,000  for  endow- 
ment of  the  Biblical  Department  places  that  work  on  a sub- 
stantial basis.  We  may  also  justly  claim,  as  belonging  to  our 
period,  the  gifts  of  money  for  the  building  of  Elizabeth  Mead 
Hall,  Dwight  Hall  and  Everett  House,  besides  many  smaller 
gifts  for  furniture,  decorations  and  the  casts  of  the  Art  Museum. 
We  only  wish  a new  library  and  a suitable  lecture  hall  might  be 
added  as  well  as  the  alumnae  building  which  has  received  so 
good  a start  during  the  Junior  and  Senior  years  of  1903. 

The  game  of  hockey  has  been  introduced,  but  the  introduc- 


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tion  does  not  seem  to  have  led  to  very  close  acquaintance.  Both 
hockey  and  golf  suffer  because  so  many  prefer  to  walk  at  leisure 
rather  than  to  join  in  any  game  of  a similar  nature.  The 
country  walks  around  South  Hadley  are  very  beautiful  and  a 
walk  and  talk  in  the  open  air  form  one  of  the  best  memories  of 
the  college  life.  Steps  have  been  taken  toward  further 
equipment  for  out-door  athletics  and  the  trustees  have  reserved 
a generous  space  back  of  the  Gymnasium  for  an  athletic  field. 
The  tennis  courts  have  been  already  moved  there  and  are  in 
use  most  of  the  time.  It  is  in  our  day,  too,  that  the  new  road 
has  been  constructed  around  the  upper  lake. 

The  social  life  has  naturally  not  changed  so  much,  although 
it  has  grown  and  developed  with  the  growing  numbers.  The 
dramatics,  already  mentioned,  have  been  put  on  a better  defined 
basis,  and  are  now  subject  to  a committee  to  whom  are  referred 
all  moot  points  as  to  plays,  costumes,  etc.  Two  private 
societies  have  been  added  to  those  already  existing — the  Chi 
Delta  Theta  and  the  Gamma  Kappa.  Perhaps  no  general  social 
institution  during  our  time  is  more  interesting  than  the  May-day 
Celebration.  This  year  was  the  third  of  its  celebration.  Two 
old  English  plays  were  presented,  each  of  which  was  well  worth 
the  seeing.  Besides  these  a number  of  pretty  dances  were 
given  on  the  green  grass  and  the  fees  of  the  many  spectators 
made  a very  nice  addition  to  the  fund  for  the  students’ 
building.  It  is  a genuine  out-door  frolic  which  yet  has  true 
educational  value  and  we  hope  it  may  long  flourish  at  Mount 
Holyoke. 

Musical  interests  have  been  considerably  extended  during 
the  last  four  years  and  increased  opportunities  are  given  for 
hearing  good  music,  much  of  it  at  no  extra  expense  to  the 
individual  student.  Mr.  Hammond  was  a Freshman  with  us, 
too,  though  he  had  been  known  and  appreciated  at  the  college 
before  our  day. 

We  have  seen  the  college  Campus  torn  up  and  replaced. 
Now  it  is  so  smooth  and  green  that  but  for  the  various  iron 
plates,  big  and  little,  and  the  pipes  of  various  sizes  protruding 
at  all  heights  and  places,  we  could  hardly  believe  its  surface 
had  ever  been  broken. 

The  work  of  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  was  thoroughly  reorganized 
last  year  and  for  the  first  time  a secretary  employed  whose  sole 
business  it  is  to  look  after  the  interests  of  the  organization. 
Several  lines  of  work  have  been  begun,  others  much  extended. 


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The  organization  of  a Mount  Holyoke  Chapter  of  the  College 
Settlements  Association  was  accomplished  last  year.  Some 
college  extension  courses  have  been  given  in  Holyoke  and  new 
interest  aroused  in  the  college  in  philanthropic  work  of  this 
sort. 

Perhaps  no  religious  service  offered  at  the  college  has  been 
more  inspiring  and  helpful  than  the  Vesper  service  which  is 
held  on  alternate  Sunday  evenings.  This,  too,  is  a new 
institution  during  our  time.  This  brings  us  to  our  choir,  which 
is  not  only  greatly  increased  in  size  but  is  also  much  improved 
in  both  the  quality  of  the  music  rendered  and  the  way  in  which 
it  is  given.  The  choir  was  vested  for  the  first  time  on  the  day 
of  President  Woolley’s  inauguration.  That  was  a beautiful  day 
two  years  ago  in  May,  and  I think  we  all  rejoice  in  it,  as  we  look 
back,  as  we  did  rejoice  at  the  time  and  feel  that  it  has  been  and 
is  a bright  omen  for  our  college. 

This  brief  review  of  the  changes  of  a college  lustrum  deals 
necessarily  with  only  the  tangible,  the  outward  evidences,  we 
hope,  of  real  growth  towards  a broader  outlook  and  higher 
ideals,  educational,  social  and  religious,  though  these  are  all 
essential  constituents  of  any  true  education. 

Helen  M.  Searles. 


1903  as  Freshmen, 


FRESHMAN  YEAR 


Class  Motto:  “ Rowing , n ot  Drifting. ’ ’ 

Color:  Golden  Yellow . 

Flower:  Da ffodill. 

Yell*  : 

Bim,  boom,  brahma  cootra, 

Hip,  hi,  dah ; 

Hullabulloo,  hullabulloo, 

Rah,  rah,  rah! 

Brickety  brax,  co-ax,  co-ax, 
Brickety  brax  bre. 

Holyoke,  Holyoke, 
Nineteen-three ! 


OFFICERS 


Freshman  Class  Chairman, 
President, 

Vice-President , 

Secretary, 

Treasurer,  . 


May  Pinney. 

Jane  Macdonald. 

Edith  Harris  Richardson. 

M.  Margaret  Hubbard. 

Susie  Elizabeth  MacWilliams. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 
Helen  Broeksmit  Helen  Edson 

Esther  Heacock  May  Pinney 

calendar 

September 

ii.  We  begin  to  arrive. 

14.  Our  first  Chapel  service. 

16.  Y.  W.  C.  A.  reception. 

17.  Our  first  sermon  on  an  “authoritative  cha-a-racter.” 

19,  20.  House  receptions. 

22.  Members  of  1903  at  Safford  show  college  spirit  and  enter- 
tain the  college  by  yelling  for  the  class. 

25.  Notice  of  a 1903  class-meeting  put  up  by  an  enthusiastic 

member. 

26.  Senior-Freshman  Reception.  Nineteen-Two  hazes  as  many 

of  us  as  forget  to  lock  doors,  transoms  and  windows. 

28.  We  are  placed  in  our  regular  Chapel  seats. 

29.  Our  first  view  of  cap  and  gown. 

We  learn  about  the  League. 

Bon-fire  on  Prospect  in  honor  of  Dewey. 


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29.  Alice  Cook’s  cheer-ing  voice  makes  a good  impression. 

Mrs.  Mead  speaks  to  1903  from  Brigham  piazza. 

October 

2-5.  Water  famine.  Query — to  stay  or  not  to  stay? 

7.  1901  loans  us  Harriette  Dyson  to  open  our  first  class-meeting. 

May  Pinney  is  elected  Class  Chairman.  Under  Alice 
Cook’s  inspiration  we  decide  upon  our  class  cheer. 

10.  We  attend  our  first  Campus  Sing. 

11.  Mountain  Day. 

18.  1901  gives  us  a rag-time  circus  in  the  rink. 

24.  We  hear  our  first  organ  recital. 

27.  Second  class  meeting.  We  decline  to  be  “never  prepared.” 
31.  Hallowe’en. 

November 

2.  Class  meeting.  We  reconsider  “Bide  a wee  and  dinna 
weary,”  and  adopt  “Rowing,  not  Drifting.” 

8.  We  eat  our  first  college  turkey  on  Founder’s  Day. 

10.  We  adopt  our  Constitution. 

18.  In  a talk  from  Mrs.  Mead,  we  are  warned  to  be  careful  in 

choosing  our  friends. 

2i.  We  take  lessons  in  dramatics  from  1901;  “She  Stoops  to  Con- 
quer,” given  in  the  church  parlors. 

24.  We  begin  our  elections  and  choose  Jane  Macdonald  to  be  our 

Class  President. 

25.  More  elections;  we  succeed  in  electing  the  other  officers  for 

the  year. 

December 

8.  Final  Geometry  exam.  We  learn  what  flunk  notes  are. 

16.  Debate:  1902  vs.  1903 — “ Resolved , That  England’s  conduct 

toward  the  Boers  is  justifiable.”  Affirmative,  Helen  Hop- 
kins, Edith  Peck;  Negative,  Dagny  Grevstad  and  Bertha 
Sprague.  Won  by  1902. 

19.  The  first  vacation. 

January 

13.  Class  meeting.  No  quorum. 

16  1900  opens  the  Gymnasium  for  dramatics  with  “Trelawney 

of  the  Wells.” 

17.  First  dance  in  the  Gym.  — 1901  to  1903. 

24.  We  are  represented  on  the  League  Executive  Committee  by 
Emily  Esty. 

31.  As  a class,  we  ride  to  Amherst,  and  reach  home  at  9:15! 


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February 

22.  Martha  Washington  reception  to  1900. 

March 

13.  Pantomines  for  1901. 

16.  Trig.,  final. 

Mrs.  Mead’s  reception  for  Grace  McKinley;  all  but  1903  invited. 

17.  Lecture  by  Mr.  Page  on  “The  Art  of  Structure.”  We  learn 

that  Mount  Holyoke  girls  are  not  modest  and  retiring. 

18.  We  are  told  that  cemeteries  may  be  “cheerful”  and  “tasty.” 

27.  Mrs.  Mead’s  reception  to  1903. 

28.  1902,  in  trying  to  serve  refreshments  at  the  dance  given  to 

1903,  devises  a way  of  getting  around  the  restriction,  and  we 
go  down  the  stairs  and  outdoors,  to  drink  through  a straw. 
30.  Gym.  exhibition. 

April 

3-16.  Vacation. 

May 

1.  1900  jumps  rope. 

22.  Miss  Woolley  visits  college. 

23.  Freshman  Mountain  Day.  We  discover  unsuspected  talent  in 

the  way  of  vaudeville;  we  leave  our  voices,  and  our  hearts, 
as  well,  on  the  mountain. 

25.  Election  of  officers  for  Sophomore  year. 

26.  Choice  of  rooms. 

30.  Cobweb  party  for  1902. 

June 

1.  Basket-ball:  1900^.  1901;  4-14. 

2.  Basket-ball:  1900  z/j-.  1902;  2-6. 

We  choose  Domestic  Work. 

4.  Basket-ball:  1903  suffers  her  first  defeat, which  is  also  her  last: 
1901  vs.  1903 ; 8-5. 

5.  Basket-ball:  1900  vs.  1903;  4-8;  1900’s  team  appears  on 

crutches. 

7.  Basket-ball:  1902^.  1903;  6-8. 

1901  Llamarada  out. 

9.  Basket-ball  game  stopped  because  of  injury  to  F.  Polk. 

10.  Basket-ball:  1901  vs.  1902;  2-0. 

We  aid  1901  in  painting  the  Campus  green. 

17-20.  Commencement. 

21.  A few  of  us  stay  over  to  say  “good-bye”  to  the  Seniors. 


SOPHOMORE  YEAR 


OFFICERS 


President , 
Vice-President , 
Secretary , 


Emily  Esty. 

Helen  Wheatley  Edson. 
Charlotte  Edwards  Allen. 
Cora  Ethel  Dyer. 


Treasurer , . 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 


Alice  Elizabeth  Cook, 
Anna  Grace  McGovern, 


Edith  Frothingham  Mandell 
Florence  Donnell  White. 


calendar 


September 


12.  We  arrive,  greatly  elated  with  the  importance  of  being 
Sophomores. 

15.  We  take  some  of  the  Freshmen  to  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  reception. 


8.  We  attend  1904*8  first  class  meeting,  and  have  some  difficulty 

around  the  Freshman  Bulletin  Board. 

9.  Class  meeting  over  the  rush.  We  refuse  to  apologize  but 

decide  to  tell  Mrs.  Mead  we  are  sorry  if  the  noise  disturbed 
her. 

24.  Reception  given  us  at  Rockefeller  Parlors  by  our  honorary 
members. 


4.  Presentation  of  “The  Princess.” 

5.  Helen  Stevens  distinguishes  herself  at  the  mock  faculty 

banquet  at  Rockefeller,  by  a representation  of  Miss  Flint. 
10.  Papers  on  the  Atomic  Theory. 

13.  Special  class  meeting.  We  decide  to  have  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  Musical  Clubs  as  our  treasury  is  in  need  of 
funds. 


October 


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January 

3.  Our  honorary  member,  President  Woolley,  leads  chapel  for 
the  first  time. 

8.  University  of  Pennsylvania  Concert.  Helen  Edson  has  a 
slight  controversy  with  the  Harpist. 

29.  Chemistry  final. 

February 

1.  We  begin  Lit. 

7.  We  pay  Lab.  fees,  $5.00. 

11.  Class  sleigh-ride  to  Belchertown. 

15.  Question  of  “cuts”  considered  by  the  League. 

18.  Question  of  “cuts”  considered  by  the  Faculty. 

19.  New  “cut”  system  adopted. 

26.  Class  song  decided  on. 

March 

6.  First  Lit.  exam.  We  try  to  remember  the  dates  which  we 

were  told  not  to  learn. 

16.  Elections  to  the  Debating  Society. 

18.  Our  Lit.  exams,  come  back. 

20.  Topics  on  Beowulf. 

23.  System  of  semester  examinations  adopted  by  the  Faculty. 

24.  President  Woolley  leads  class  prayer-meeting.  Psalms  90:  17. 

April 

20.  Basket-ball  games  begin.  1903  vs.  1902:  7-2. 

22.  1902  vs.  1904:  5-4. 

23.  We  give  “Monsieur  Beaucaire.” 

24.  1903  ztf.  1904:  6-2.  We  win  the  championship. 

25.  Brigham  Sophomores  give  Ballad  Tableaux. 

26.  Elections  for  the  Llamarada. 

May 

7.  Basket-ball  banner  presented  to  1903. 

15.  Inauguration  of  Miss  Woolley,  our  honorary  member. 

22.  Field  day.  We  win  the  championship. 

23.  We  choose  rooms  for  next  year. 

June 

5.  Class  elections. 

7.  Class  supper  on  Prospect. 

16-19.  We  assist  in  Commencement  Exercises  by  serving  at  the 
Collation,  doing  Seniors’  domestic  work  and  making  our- 
selves generally  useful. 


JUNIOR  YEAR 


President , 
Vice-  President , 
Secretary , 
Treasurer , . 
Atriensis , 


OFFICERS 

Caroline  Frances  Leavitt. 
Alice  Elizabeth  Cook. 
Louise  Whitney  Dodge. 
Lucy  Caroline  Wells. 
Christina  Catrevas. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 

Harriet  Anne  Quick,  Frances  Whitney  Phillips, 

Dagny  Grevstad,  Annie  Lavinia  Miller. 


calendar 


September 

12.  College  opens. 

14.  Y.  W.  C.  A.  reception. 

October 

8.  Mountain  Day. 

13.  Ethel  Cutler  flunks  in  Bible. 

2 3.  1903  gives  a minstrel  show  and  dance  for  the  Freshmen. 

Great  success;  great  fun. 

30.  Ghosts  and  frolics  of  Halloween. 


November 


2.  Frolic  in  the  Gym. 

4.  1903  begins  its  last  course  in  gymnastic  work. 

5.  Mead  Hall  opens  its  doors  to  friends. 

8.  Founders’  Day. 

10.  Small-pox  comes  near  South  Hadley.  Vaccination  is  the 
latest  fad. 

December 


3.  “Ingomar”  presented  in  the  Gym.  by  1903. 

16.  Laura  Yale  attends  Gym.  for  first  time  this  year. 

18.  “Merry  Christmas.” 

January 

2.  First  day  of  Winter  Term. 

16.  Miss  Poole  takes  a nap  in  the  Chapel — “so  quiet  there.” 


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21-28.  First  experiences  with  two-hour  exams. 

28.  Semester  week  closed  with  Skating  Carnival. 

31.  First  day  of  second  semester. 

February 

21.  “Our  week.”  Glee  Club  Concert. 

22.  1903  Prom,  at  which  we  introduce  co-education. 

March 

16.  Miss  Yale  is  asked  to  continue  her  gymnasium  course  through 
her  Senior  year. 

20.  Last  day  of  Gym.  work  for  1903.  P.  S. — A few  members  of 

the  class  excepted. 

21.  Tickets  for  Spring  Vacation. 

April 

10.  We  return  for  last  term  of  Junior  year. 

19.  Basket-ball;  1903  vs.  1904:  22-1. 

22.  1903  vs.  1905:  19-3.  1904^.  1905:  6-6. 

25.  Class  meeting — Alice  Cook  moves  that  class  yells  be 
abolished;  motion  seconded  and  carried. 

May — June 

1903  At  Home  with  her  president. 

May 

2.  1903  “ tops  off  ” her  Junior  year. 

6.  1903  Vaudeville — The  Only  Original  Orphean  Orchestra,  the 
chief  feature  of  the  evening. 

14.  Festivities  of  May-day. 

15.  Llarnarada  comes  out;  “never  so  early  before,”  one  of  1903’s 

famous  precedents. 

19.  Choice  of  rooms  for  Senior  year. 

23.  Resolved:  that  the  “Entering  Wedge”  shall  not  enter  on 

Sunday. 

June 

2.  Class  meeting.  Edith  Richardson  elected  president  for 
Senior  year. 

10.  Exams,  in  Bible.  We  are  asked  to  give  the  “leading  points 
in  the  main  issue.”  Miss  Heacock  fails  to  hit  the  points. 

16.  Junior  Dramatics.  “Much  Ado  About  Nothing,”  in  which 

1903  does  something. 

17.  We  take  possession  of  Senior  Steps. 

18.  Noon.  At  last  we  stand  on  the  heights. 


SENIOR  YEAR 


OFFICERS 


President , 
Vice-President, 
Secretary , 
Treasurer , . 
Airiensis , 


Edith  Harris  Richardson. 
Frances  Whitney  Phillips. 
Ruth  Naomi  Walker. 


Helen  Elizabeth  Bodwell. 
Christina  Catrevas. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 


Marion  Bartlett  Barry, 
Iva  June  Smith, 


Winifred  Richards  Tilden, 
Mary  Kilbourn. 


calendar 


September 


i 8.  Beginning  of  the  end. 

22.  One  hundred  and  twenty-seven  Seniors  march  into  Chapel  in 

cap  and  gown. 

23.  First  sing  on  the  Campus. 

26.  First  Senior  class  meeting. 


7.  Senior-Freshman  reception. 

8.  Geology  expedition. 

10.  Laura  Clark’s  tassel,  by  reason  of  its  inconvenience  to  its 
owner,  loses  two  inches  of  its  length. 

14.  Mountain  Day. 

16.  Eclipse  of  the  moon ; all  allowed  out. 

31.  Hallow’een  dance  in  Gym.  Hurdy-gurdy. 


3.  Decision  on  Notman  for  class  photographer. 

7.  Founder’s  Day.  President  Hopkins  of  Williams. 

18.  1903  lays  aside  its  dignity  and  entertains  the  college  with  a 
vaudeville  performance. 


October 


November 


December 


2.  Porter  Hall  masquerade  in  Gym. 

9.  Twelve  degrees  below  zero. 


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1903  Class  Book. 

14.  Church  in  Chapel.  (Scarcity  of  coal.) 

19.  Christmas  concert. 

22.  Geology  exam,  last  day  of  term.  Considerate? 

January 

6.  Marion  Barry  receives  special  permission  to  be  excused  from 
college  appointments  that  she  may  visit  his  folks. 

8.  College  reopened. 

12.  Senior  sleighride  to  Belchertown. 

Alphabet. 

{Revised  and  annotated  by  the  author  si) 

A is  for  apple  so  round  and  so  red, 

B is  for  Belchertown  (very  well  bred). 

C is  for  Clapp, 1 2 as  jolly  as  life, 

D is  for  Darling  who  married  a wife. 

E is  for  eat,  which  we  do  with  a vim, 

F is  for  flunk  which  would  make  one’s  eyes  dim. 

G ’s  for  Geology — very  hard  course, 

H is  for  Hartford,  whence  cometh  our  Nourse.8 
I is  for  ice  which  we  felt  in  our  feet, 

J is  for  June  which  is  coming  so  fleet. 

K is  for  kiss  which  engaged  members  do. 

L is  for  Lab.,  which  we  all  have  to  do. 

M is  for  monkey  3 and  also  for  man, 

N is  for  nothing  which  we  get  on  exam. 

O  is  for  oysters  so  juicy  and  fat, 

P is  for  Phillipps  so  pensive  and  pat. 

Q is  for  quiz  which  makes  us  all  sad, 

R is  for  Richardson,  best  we  e’er  had. 

S is  for  Spore4  whom  we  see  in  the  Gym., 

T is  for  top  which  we  all  tried  to  spin. 

U is  for  Us,5  dear  old  Nineteen-Three, 

V is  for  victory,  our  team  used  to  see. 

W ’s  for  Woolley,  our  President  dear, 

Our  joy ’d  be  complete  if  she  only  were  here. 

X is  for  exams. , which  we  all  dread  to  see, 

They  are  coming  quite  fast  to  you  and  to  me. 

Y is  for  “Yes,”  which  our  Marion6 *  said, 

Z is  for  Zoo,  which  makes  many  cats  dead. 


1 Chaperone  of  sleighride  and  soloist  of  the  evening. 

2 “Square-built,  hearty  and  strong.” 

3 Eli  Yale,  mascot  of  the  evening,  property  of  E.  H.  Richardson. 

4 Member  in  facultate  and  elocutionist  of  the  evening. 

5 “Now  let’s  cheer  for  Us!” — Alice  Cook. 

6 Marion  Barry  made  this  original  remark  to  Mr.  E.  G.  just  before  Christ- 

mas vacation  of  Senior  year. 


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29.  Day  of  Prayer  (and  of  sleep?). 

30-Feb.  6.  Semester  examinations. 

February 

2i.  Glee  Club  concert. 

23.  1904  Prom. 

March 

11.  Basket-ball  game : 1903-1906;  score,  10-6. 

17,  18.  “The  Mikado.” 

21.  Basket-ball:  1905-1906.  Sophs,  won. 

24.  Faculty  dramatics. 

Two  and  one-half  dollars  of  May  Achorn’s  allowance  is  paid 
at  the  telephone  office  for  talking  over  time  to  Providence. 

25.  Basket-ball  game:  1903-1905;  score,  12-12.  Tie  played  off; 

score,  2-0. 


Song  of  Senior  Team 

We  have  come  to  say  good-bye,  college  teams! 
O,  you  know  the  reason  why,  college  teams! 
There’s  for  us  a higher  call, 

Far  beyond  this  college  hall, 

So  to  you  we  leave  the  ball,  college  teams ! 

Chorus. 

Good-bye,  Juniors,  we  must  leave  you, 
Though  it  breaks  our  hearts  to  go. 
Something  tells  us  we’re  not  needed 
Any  more  to  tight  the  foe. 

Hark!  we  hear  the  teams  a-coming, 

And  we  can  no  longer  stay. 

Good-bye,  Juniors,  we  must  leave  you, 
Good-bye,  Junior  team. 

Don’t  you  hear  the  mighty  roar,  college  teams! 
Rising  o’er  the  battle  floor,  college  teams ! 

’Tis  to  those  who  follow  on 
When  Nineteen-Three  is  gone — 

’Tis  to  those  who  follow  on,  college  teams! 

Chorus. 

Good-bye,  Sophomores,  .... 
Chorus. 

Good-bye,  Freshmen,  .... 
Encore. 

Good-bye,  Gymie.,  we  must  leave  you, 
Good-bye,  dear  old  Gym. 


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15.  College  reopened. 

21.  Pearsons  Hall  entertainment. 

22.  Amherst  Dramatic  Club — “ She  Stoops  to  Conquer.” 

24.  Class  meeting.  Esther  Heacock  breaks  in  on  a discussion  of 
Round  Robin  letters  to  propose  the  election  of  a track 
captain. 

29.  Senior  Sale  of  stocks. 

May 

1.  “Come  to  the  green,  ye  students  all, 

No  longer  grind  and  mope, 

For  round  the  old  black  walnut  tree, 

And  on  the  grassy  slope, 

The  Seniors  grave  and  dignified 
Will  jump  the  giddy  rope. 

4.  Ethel  Ferry  dusts  Mead’s  Faculty  parlor. 

5.  Mead  Hall  entertains  1903  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Mead. 

6.  Senior  reception  to  the  Faculty. 

13.  Senior  group  picture  taken. 

19.  Professor  Hammond  and  Miss  Dickinson  give  a recital  for  1903. 

20.  May-day. 

27.  1906  entertains  1903  in  the  Gym. 

28.  Laura  Clark  decides  that  appearance  is  preferable  to  conven- 

ience, and  purchases  a new  tassel  of  superior  length. 

June 

3.  Sophomore-Senior  banquet  in  Mead  Hall. 


The  Yellow  and  the  Green 

As  the  hour  of  the  twilight  draws  near, 
And  the  daisies  and  buttercups  nod, 

In  a hall  at  the  end  of  the  Campus 
Are  gathered  the  ranks  of  “the  odd.” 
There  at  the  banquet  table, 

Senior  and  Sophomore  seen — 

Under  the  jonquils  the  yellow, 

Under  the  laurel  the  green. 

No  more  shall  they  sing  for  each  other, 
Nor  cheer  for  each  other’s  success; 

So  here  must  they  speak  of  the  parting, 
And  the  love  that  they  cherish  confess. 
Here  at  the  banquet  table, 

Senior  and  Sophomore  seen — 

Honor  and  love  for  the  yellow, 

Love  and  fond  hope  for  the  green. 


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And  the  yellow  will  always  remember 
The  younger  sister  so  dear ; 

The  green  will  forget  not  their  Seniors, 

Though  they  gather  without  them  next  year. 
Then  at  the  banquet  table, 

Senior  and  Sophomore  seen — 

Tears  and  a sigh  for  the  yellow, 

A smile  and  a tear  for  the  green. 

Marion  Louise  Richardson. 


4.  Yellow  day — forest  fires. 

5.  Sue  MacWilliams  writes  a daily  theme,  which,  in  revised 

form,  appears  as  our  introductory  poem, 
o.  First  performance  of  “ The  Pilgrim.” 

4-21.  Marion  Barry  and  Laura  Yale  make  up  Gym.  cuts. 

6-17.  On  Mount  Holyoke. 

8.  The  Seniors  suffer  from  coagulation  of  thoughts  and  words. 
8-20.  Tickets  and  rehearsals. 

9.  Margaret  Seymour  wins  the  tennis  championship  for  1903. 
1-24.  Commencement. 

5.  “Tomorrow  to  fresh  woods  and  pastures  new.” 


1903  as  Seniors. 


1903  IN  BASKET-BALL 


THERE  is  no  doubt  that  1903  is  an  athletic  class.  Again 
and  again  we  have  demonstrated  this  fact  upon  the  field 
of  battle  from  which  we  have  always  returned  wearing  the 
victor’s  laurels.  Though  we  pride  ourselves  on  being  all  round 
athletes,  yet  we  realize  that  it  is  in  basket-ball  that  we  attain 
our  unique  excellence.  We  have  a record  of  which  we  may 
justly  be  proud,  for  in  our  four  years  we  have  lost  but  one  of  our 
public  games — and  that  we  lost  out  of  politeness  to  our  elder 
sister,  1901,  in  our  Freshman  year.  For  three  years  we  have 
held  the  interclass  championship,  and  the  numerals  “1903” 
have  three  times  been  inscribed  upon  the  blue  banner.  In  our 
Freshman  year  we  sent  a team  upon  the  floor  which  played 
with  skill  and  expedition,  giving  promise  of  great  things  to 
come  after  a few  more  years  of  practice.  Sophomore  year  a 
reputation  for  passing  was  established  which  has  grown  steadily 
until  in  our  Senior  year  “to  pass  as  the  Seniors  do’’  has  been  the 
aim  and  ambition  of  each  of  the  other  teams. 


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Team-work  has  been  the  secret  of  our  success  in  basket-ball; 
though  we  have  good  individual  players,  it  is  hard  to  pick  out 
any  one  or  two  who  surpass  the  rest.  Each  one  is  indispensable 
in  her  place,  and  by  a kind  of  instinct  she  seems  to  know  just 
where  to  be  to  catch  the  ball  and  where  to  find  the  next  girl  to 
whom  to  send  it  on.  The  rest  of  us,  leaning  over  the  gallery 
railing  with  bated  breath,  as  we  watch  the  ball  move  with 
steady  accuracy  from  one  yellow-decked  player  to  another, 
fairly  shout  with  pride  and  delight,  as  it  moves  on  up  the  field 
until  it  drops  into  the  expectant  basket. 

Our  team  has  worked  hard  and  faithfully  for  the  honor  and 
glory  of  the  class;  good  playing,  especially  good  team-work, 
means  diligent  practice,  and  when  we  boast  of  our  success  in 
basket-ball  we  must  remember  the  time  and  strength  given  day 
after  day  with  willing  generosity  by  the  members  of  the  team 
for  the  sake  of  the  honor  they  may  win  for  the  dear  old  class  of 
I9°3* 

“Here’s  to  all  our  team,  drink  it  down, 

They’re  the  finest  ever  seen,  drink  it  down,  down,  down.” 

Marion  Louise  Richardson. 


BASKET-BALL  SONGS 


Tune:  Upidee 

Old  1903  is  in  the  field, 

1903,  1903 ! 

The  championship  she  ’ll  never  yield, 
1903,  hurrah! 

The  yellow  waves  its  banners  bright, 
To  cheer  our  comrades  to  the  fight! 

Chorus. 

1903,  hurrah,  hurrah!  1903,  1903! 
1903,  hurrah,  hurrah!  1903,  hurrah! 

Toss  up  the  ball  and  put  it  in, 

1903,  1903 ! 

Don’t  miss  your  aim,  and  we  shall  win, 
1903,  hurrah! 

Our  spry  and  nimble  team ’s  all  right, 
To  tell  the  truth  it ’s  out  of  sight! 

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Titne:  M-m  Ha-Ha 


We’re  in  the  field  and  going  to  stay. 

If  we  stick  close  enough  we’ll  win  the  day ; 
There ’s  our  team  as  spry ’s  can  be, 

They  belong  to  the  class  of  1903! 

Captain  Colby  is  all  right; 

Sue  MacWilliams ’s  out  of  sight ; 

Alice  Eaton,  swift  little  sprite, 

You  can’t  catch  her  if  you  try  all  night ! 
Esther  Heacock,  m-m,  ha-ha! 

She  stops  the  balls  so  they  can’t  go  far. 
Anna  Chamberlain  is  an  eel, 

Tackle  her  and  see  how  you  feel; 

Iva  and  Gail  wind  up  our  team, 

They  guard  the  goal  and  play  like  a dream ! 
Now  you  watch  and  see  what  they’ll  do, 


They’ll  show  ’em  some  stars,  I guess  a few, 
And  we’ll  laugh  so  hard  we’ll  split  in  two ! 

1903,  m-m  ha-ha-ha ! 

Can’t  be  beat,  m-m  ha-ha-ha! 

1903  is  Champion  yet, 

For  they’ll  win  the  game,  ha-ha,  you  bet ! 

Tune  : 

Oh,  toss  up  the  ball, 

Goal  tender!  Goal  tender! 

And  be  sure  to  put  it  in; 

And  rush  up,  ye  guards, 

And  soak  ’em,  and  soak  ’em, 


Tune:  Coon,  Coon,  Coon. 

1903,  she’s  the  class  for  me ! 

1903,  jolly  as  can  be! 

Grand  old  Seniors,  Seniors  in  the  game. 
When  they’ve  got  a hand  in  it 
It  can’t  be  tame ! 

Blue,  Blue,  Blue, 

Wish  my  color  would  fade, 

Blue,  Blue,  Blue, 

I’d  like  a different  shade; 

Blue,  Blue,  Blue, 

Oh,  what  a bore ! 

Wish  I was  a Senior  ’stead  of  a 
19-04! 


So  the  Juniors 


( Freshmen  ) 
-]  Juniors  [- 
( Sophomores  ) 


- cannot  win ! 


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Tune:  Yankee  Doodle. 

1903  has  come  to  town 
Waving  banners  yellow, 

Put  her  players  in  the  field 

i Freshmen  ) 

To  beat  the  -j  Juniors  j-  hollow ! 

( Sophomores  ) 

Chorus. 

Captain  Colby  is  a star, 

MacWilliams  is  a daisy, 

And  all  the  others  are  so  fine 

{Freshmen  ) 

J uniors  crazy ! 

Sophomores  ) 

1903  is  in  the  field, 

Waving  banners  glorious, 

( red  ) 

The  - blue  t will  fall  beneath  the  foe, 

( green  ) 

And  yellow  be  victorious ! 

( Chorus. ) 


Tune:  When  Johnny  Comes  Marching  Home  Again. 

’Tis  1903  on  the  field  again, 

Hurrah ! Hurrah ! 

Then  toss  up  the  ball  with  might  and  main, 
Hurrah ! Hurrah ! 

Let’s  give  them  cheer  and  hearty  shout, 

For  they’ll  turn  the  basket  inside  out 

For  1903  is  on  the  field  again! 

For  1903  is  on  the  field  again ! 

The  yellow  triumphs  every  time, 

Hurrah!  Hurrah! 

We’ll  beat  the  blue  you  bet  a dime, 

Hurrah ! Hurrah ! 

The  yellow  is  our  color  true, 

And  theirs  will  soon  be  black  and  blue, 

When  1903  is  on  the  field  again ! 

When  1903  is  on  the  field  again ! 

Here’s  1905  with  banners  green, 

Hurrah ! Hurrah ! 

A better  showing  ne’er  was  seen, 

Hurrah!  Hurrah! 

They  range  from  two  feet  on  the  floor 

To  good  six  feet  and  even  more, 

But— 1903  is  on  the  field  again ! 

But — 1903  is  on  the  field  again  ! 


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Our  gallant  team  in  proud  arrays 
Hurrah ! Hurrah ! 

Will  teach  the  Freshmen  how  to  play, 
Hurrah ! Hurrah ! 

They  never  saw  a swifter  game, 
They’ll  think  it  was  a cyclone  came, 
When  1903  is  on  the  field  again ! 
When  1903  is  on  the  field  again ! 


Tune:  In  the  Good  Old  Summer  Time 

Here’s  good  old  1903  to  play — 

Good  old  1903 ! 

They’re  lining  up  again  to-day — 

Good  old  1903 ! 

Then  give  your  voices,  give  your  hearts, 

Send  up  a mighty  sound, 

And  rock  the  walls  of  this  old  Gym., 

For  1903  ’s  around! 

Chorus. 

For  1903 ’s  around,  girls — 

Good  old  Senior  team  ! 

We’ll  wager  our  last  cent  on  them — 

Good  old  Senior  team ! 

The  banner ’s  theirs,  they’ll  keep  it,  too, 

( Freshmen,  ) 

So  < Juniors,  [-runaway! 

( Sophomores,  ) 

For  Captain  Colby  and  her  crew 
Will  win  for  us  to-day ! 

When  1903  is  playing  here  — 

Good  old  1903 ! 

( Freshmen  ) 

The  Juniors  - they  will  shake  with  fear — 

( Sophomores  ) 

Good  old  1903 ! 

They’ll  watch  our  score  a-climbing  up, 

And  who  will  get  it  down? 

1 verdant  Freshmen  ) 

Not  all  the  -j  jolly  Juniors  [•  in 

I gay  young  Sophomores  ) 

This  good  old  Hadley  town  ! 

(Chorus.) 


Tune:  Our  Director. 

See  the  ball  a-passing 
Right  toward  our  goal, 
The  forwards,  dashing. 

Our  score  upward  roll ; 


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Wave  your  banners  yellow, 

We’ll  victors  be — 

Three  cheers  for  Colby 
And  1903. 

Hard  luck  for  the  (Juniors)  (Freshmen), 
Tough  on  the  (blue)  (red), 

Now  all  together 

Smash  them  and  break  thro’  ! 

(Smash  their  fond  hopes  dead !) 

Gainst  the  Seniors  passing 
Naught  can  they  do — 

(Naught  can  be  said — ) 

Three  cheers  for  the  yellow, 

And  down  with  (blue)  (red) ! 

Tune:  Reveille 

They  can’t  get  it  in, 

They  can’t  get  it  in, 

The  Senior  guards  against  them ! 

They  can’t  get  it  in, 

They  can’t  get  it  in, 

They  can’t  get  it  in  at  all ! 

Tune:  The  Bugle  Call 

Line  up  ! Line  up ! our  gallant  team ! 

Prepare,  prepare  ye  for  the  fray! 

And,  golden  banners,  proudly  wave ! 

For  1903  will  win  to-day! 

Tune:  Mountain  Air 

My  heart  is  with  the  Yellow, 

The  Yellow!  The  Yellow! 

My  heart  is  with  the  Yellow, 

The  Yellow ! 


HEARD  ON  THE  CAMPUS 


Emma  Day — Theoretically  I am  going  to  history;  practically  I 
am  going  to  sleep. 

May  Fiske — It’s  an  imposition  on  a long  suffering  public. 

Miss  Talbot — That  is  not  quite  accurate. 

Blanch  Hamson — I might  give  you  a little  personal  experi- 
ence. 

Dr.  Clapp — Perfectly  rich. 

Fliss  White — Very  feeble,  thank  you. 

Mr.  Bell — The  eminently  educated  man  is  the  one  who  is  on 
to  his  job. 

Anna  Chamberlain — This  part  of  the  article  tells  who  the 
men  were,  what  they  did,  when  they  died  and  where  they  have 
gone. 

Frances  Leavitt — I am  firmly  convinced  that  this  is  the  right 
thing  to  do. 

Everybody — Is  the  mail  out  yet? 

Miss  Lester — I have  orders  from  the  office. 

Miss  Keith — Any  questions? 

Miss  Prentiss — We-11,  do  you  miss  any  recitations? 

Miss  Crowther — Right  interesting. 

Miss  Marks — You  will  please  read  Barrett  Wendell  on  this 
point,  but  be  sure  not  to  do  it  if  it  takes  a minute  over  time. 

Elizabeth  Colby — I have  no  use  for  men  now;  don’t  like 
them. 

Fliss  White — And  all  the  while  she  stood  there  yipping. 

Miss  Hazen — It  disturbs  the  family  life. 

Miss  Randolph — I don’t  think  the  little  doll  would  mind  if 
you  took  it’s  dress  off. 

Ethel  Ferry — Anna,  you  ’re  so  cunning. 

Miss  Soule — What  is  the  word  I want? 

Lue  Winship — I wonder  how  many  words  I say  a day. 

Everybody  — I’m  simply  rushed  to  death. 

Elizabeth  Colby — I have  a thought. 

Cellular  Biology  Class — Isn’t  Dr.  Clapp  just  perfectly 
grand  ? 

Anna  Chamberlain — Homology  is  the  study  of  man. 

Miss  Prentiss — And  in  what  hall  does  your  room-mate  live  ? 


OUR  OPINIONS 


“Just  as  the  tree  is  inclined  the  twig  is  bent.”-- Adapted. 

'T'HIRTY-TWO  of  the  girls’  fathers  are  college  graduates. 
1 Williams,  Dartmouth  and  Yale  have  each  sent  out  four  of 
these.  Of  the  mothers,  twenty-two  have  been  at  colleges  or 
seminaries  for  study,  eleven  having  come  to  Mount  Holyoke. 

IF  YOU  WERE  TO  GO  THROUGH  COLLEGE  AGAIN? 

In  going  through  college  again,  the  girls  would  grind  less 
worry  less,  complain  less;  would  cultivate  the  Faculty,  do  more 
outside  reading,  and  never  sit  up  or  get  up  to  study.  Two  girls 
would  learn  shorthand  before  coming,  and  a large  number 

would  spend  more  time  with  their  friends  and  in  out-door 
exercise. 

WHAT  HAS  CAUSED  YOU  GREATEST  REGRET? 

A number  of  the  girls  regret  a lack  of  brains  and  others  “an 
inability  to  do  everything”;  the  fact  that  they  have  spent  little 
time  with  their  friends  causes  many  to  state  this  as  the  greatest 
regret.  The  courses  which  they  are  sorry  not  to  have  taken 
are  Floriculture,  Pedagogy  and  Geology. 

WHAT  HAS  BEEN  OF  MOST  VALUE  IN  YOUR  COLLEGE  COURSE? 

Friendships  have  been  voted  by  twenty-seven  of  the  girls  as 
of  the  greatest  value  in  their  college  life.  The  gaining  of  the 
idea  of  personal  responsibility  and  intercourse  with  various 
kinds  of  people  are  both  mentioned  often,  while  some  of  the 
girls  have  acknowledged  the  benefit  derived  from  squelches. 

My  fountain  pen”  is  the  answer  of  four,  and  Miss  Tilden 
asserts  that  ‘‘Intimacy  with  the  Faculty”  has  been  of  great 

vain a ® 


PLEASANTEST  EVENT. 

The  pleasantest  event  has  votes  which  range  from  Freshman 
Mountain  Day  to  Graduation,  from  receiving  cards  in  the 
different  courses  to  keeping  lights  on  Senior  week.  The  Junior 
Prom,  and  Senior  Mountain  Day  are  given  several  times,  while 
Marion  Barry  admits  that  talking  to  Mr.  Hammond  after  her 
piano  recital  was  most  enjoyable. 


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MOST  UNPLEASANT  EVENT. 

The  answers  vary;  some  poor  girls  have  flunked  in  recita- 
tions, some  even  in  courses,  and  the  memory  stays  with  them; 
interviews  with  the  President,  with  the  Registrar,  and  with 
certain  ones  of  the  Faculty  receive  mention,  and  three  girls 
decide  that  making  out  schedules  has  been  very  unpleasant. 

MOST  UNPOPULAR  MAN’S  COLLEGE. 

Amherst  receives  seventy-six  votes.  No  other  college  has 
more  than  six  adherents. 

MOST  POPULAR  MAN’S  COLLEGE. 

Yale  leads  with  forty-one  votes.  Harvard  deserves 
honorable  mention  with  twenty-eight  votes. 

HARDEST  YEAR. 

The  hardest  year  is  voted  by  sixty-seven  girls  to  be 
Sophomore  year,  but  Freshman  year  receives  thirty-four; 
Junior,  sixteen,  and  Senior,  seven. 

MOST  VALUABLE  YEAR. 

The  most  valuable  year  is  Senior  year,  according  to  the 
votes  of  eighty-two  girls.  Junior  year  comes  second  with 
thirty-six  votes,  and  Sophomore  and  Freshman  follow  with 
three  and  four,  respectively. 

BEST  CONDUCTED  DEPARTMENT. 

Chemistry  goes  way  ahead  of  everything  else,  with  eighty 
votes.  Biology  comes  next  with  twenty-four.  The  thoughts  of 
some  were  not  confined  solely  to  an  academic  sphere,  for  the 
Domestic  Work,  Music  and  Post  office  departments  were  also 
mentioned. 


MOST  COMPANIONABLE  FACULTY. 

Miss  Kelly  and  Miss  Carr  have  evidently  made  themselves 
the  most  agreeable  during  the  year,  but  the  name  of  nearly 
every  member  of  the  Faculty  was  mentioned  by  someone. 

WHAT  DO  THE  FACULTY  NEED  MOST? 

A “Brann”  new  “Darling”  apiece;  chaperones;  time  in 
which  to  give  us  more  work ; ability  to  see  themselves  as  others 
see  them;  more  love  for  their  fellow-men;  our  point  of  view; 
Paris  milliners;  sense  of  the  humorous;  weeding  out. 


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HARDEST  REQUIRED  STUDY. 

Freshman  Mathematics  receives  thirty-five  votes,  Sophomore 
Literature  twenty-two,  Bible  nineteen  (!),  Psychology  thirteen, 
Chemistry  nine  and  Latin  seven. 

MOST  DIFFICULT  ELECTIVE. 

Nineteenth  Century  Poetry  has  first  place  with  twelve  votes, 
Physics  has  eleven,  Floriculture  has  the  next  place  with  ten 
votes,  Botany  receives  nine,  Pedagogy  eight  and  Geology 
seven.  Is  there  any  sarcasm  here?  Other  votes  are  scattering. 
Several  of  these  are  for  different  courses  in  the  Literature  and 
German  Department. 

MOST  HARROWING  COURSE. 

If  it  were  not  for  the  fact  that  required  courses  seem  to  have 
been  more  harrowing  than  any  other,  this  list  might  be  useful 
for  underclassmen,  to  show  them  what  to  avoid.  But  as  it  is, 
we  fear  it  will  be  useless,  for  Lit.  I.  comes  first  with  nineteen 
votes,  Chemistry  I.  with  eighteen  (five-minute  quizzes  especially 
wearing),  then  Argumentation,  Psychology  (especially  dis- 
tasteful to  Ethel  Green),  and  Physics.  Daily  Themes,  a 
required  elective,  also  seemed  distasteful  to  many. 

MOST  SOOTHING  COURSE. 

Bible  takes  the  lead  with  thirty-five  votes.  In  some  cases  it 
was  stated,  “under  Professor  Nourse,”  but  even  when  it  was  not 
specified  thus  we  took  it  for  granted  that  Professor  Jacobus  was 
not  meant.  History  comes  next  with  sixteen  votes.  This  was 
definitely  stated  as  Miss  Prentiss’  history,  afternoon  classes 
preferably.  Floriculture  has  twelve  devotees,  Pedagogy  nine, 
and  Geology  eight.  The  remainder  are  scattering.  We  were 
surprised  to  find  that  there  were  so  many  snaps  in  college. 

MOST  VALUABLE  COURSE. 

Nineteenth  Century  Poetry  leads  with  fifteen  adherents. 
Three  vote  for  Nineteenth  Century  Prose,  while  Shakespeare 
receives  two.  Three  cannot  decide  between  Mrs.  Darling’s 
courses,  but  express  themselves  “anything  with  Mrs.  Darling.’’ 
Edith  Wallace  and  one  other  choose  Biology.  Ten  specify 
Zoology,  while  seven  more  limit  their  preference  to  Embryology 
and  four  to  the  “Cat”  course.  Six  vote  for  Chemistry.  Seven 


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others  specify  Organic  Chemistry  and  one  Theoretical 
Chemistry.  Louise  Campbell  cannot  decide  between  Organic 
and  Theoretical  Chemistry.  Geology,  History  of  Philosophy, 
Floriculture,  Daily  Themes  and  Pedagogy — each  receives  five 
votes.  To  allay  any  suspicion  of  sarcasm  we  mention  the 
names  of  those  who  voted  for  Philosophy:  Caroline  Fowle, 

Louise  Stowell,  Katharine  Worcester,  Laura  Clark  and  Ethel 
Cutler.  Political  History  and  Argumentation  receive  four 
votes;  Psychology  three;  Ethics  and  Civil  Government  two 
each;  Physiology,  first  year  Greek,  Drawing  with  Miss  Worden 
(now  Mrs.  Lloyd),  and  Sophomore  Literature  one  each.  Annie 
Miller  votes  for  Music. 

MOST  ENJOYABLE  FEATURE  OF  MOUNT  HOLYOKE  LIFE. 

Campus  Sings;  democratic  spirit;  music;  Senior  Mountain 
Day;  domestic  work;  companionship;  organ  recitals;  Mount 
Holyoke  spirit;  out-of-door  life ; basket-ball  ;'class  picnics;  going 
without  a hat;  taking  a chaperone  when  we  go  driving  in  a 
buggy;  early  breakfasts;  Junior  lunch;  spreads;  class  spirit 
(A.  Cook) ; a suite  for  three  (E.  Cutler,  M.  Pease) ; vacations 
(E.  Ferry) ; unconventionality  (E.  Heacock). 

MOST  FAMILIAR  SOUND  ON  THE  CAMPUS. 

Thirty-six  vote  for  “bells,”  including  the  rising  bell,  recita- 
tion bells,  and  the  Chapel  bell.  Twenty-one  say  “Hello.” 
The  pandemonium  back  of  Mary  Lyon  caused  by  the  mingling 
of  sounds  from  the  practice  pianos  receives  ten  votes.  Seven 
have  heard  most  often  the  striking  of  the  clock  on  Mary  Lyon. 

The  following  expressions  have  received  votes: 

“I’ve  got  to  grind.” 

“I  don’t  know  a thing  today.” 

“Come!” 

“How  far  did  she  go  in  quiz?”  or  “She,”  in  general. 

“Did  he  call  the  roll?” 

“Anything  in  my  box?”  (M.  Barry). 

WHAT  DOES  THE  COLLEGE  NEED  MOST? 

The  general  opinion  is  that  a new  library,  a science 
building,  a new  recitation  hall,  and  the  student  building  would 
be  very  acceptable,  but  some  think  it  needs  most  men  professors 
(like  Professor  Nourse) ; a few  more  basement  recitation  rooms; 
handles  for  cups;  A.  C.  A.  ; another  class  like  1903. 


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WHAT  WILL  YOU  GIVE  THE  COLLEGE  WHEN  WORTH  A MILLION? 

A library  (9) ; elevators  (9) ; new  boathouse,  boats  and 
canoes  (8);  drinking  water  on  every  floor;  enlarge  the  lake  (5); 
swimming  tank*;  a student-alumnae  building  (4);  duplicate 
history  books;  a biological  building  (E.  Wallace);  buy  the  land 
from  Rockefeller  to  Mary  Lyon;  a talking  machine  to  be  used 
at  the  tables  on  dull  days;  endow  chairs. 

WHAT  DO  YOU  THINK  OF  THE  DOMESTIC  WORK  SYSTEM? 

Seventy-four  against;  twenty-one  approve.  The  rest  of  the 
girls  were  non-committal.  The  reasons  given  were  not  novel 
ones:  “increases  democracy,”  “lessens  expense,”  say  those  in 
favor;  while  those  opposed  claim  that  it  takes  away  the  oppor- 
tunity of  a girl’s  working  her  way  through  college. 

WHAT  DOES  1904  NEED  MOST? 

Class  spirit;  basket-ball  banner;  sympathy;  somebody  to  buy 
their  ark;  more  “sand”  when  summoned  before  the  President. 

WHAT  DOES  1905  NEED  MOST? 

Money;  humility;  taller  basket-ball  center;  more  pretty 
girls.  But,  on  the  whole,  we  think  that  they  are  all  right  and 
need  only  to  go  ahead  as  they  have  started. 

WHAT  DOES  1906  NEED  MOST? 

Squelches;  salt;  time;  experience;  one  thousand  yards  of 
broad  ribbon  for  bows  for  hair;  pity,  considering  the  thirty  or 
forty  final  examinations  ahead  of  it;  to  follow  in  1903’s  foot- 
steps. 


SOCIAL  LEADER  OF  THE  CLASS. 

Most  of  us  think  Edith  Richardson  is  our  social  leader,  and 
since  Mountain  Day  we  are  more  certain  of  it  than  ever. 

WHO  HAS  THE  GREATEST  NUMBER  OF  WEDGES? 

This  great  distinction  falls  to  Gail  Smith,  so  fifty-two  girls 
think,  but  forty-one  have  the  same  opinion  about  Lena  Lewis, 
and  twelve  about  Annie  Miller.  We  should  like  to  know  what 
is  the  matter  with  the  eyesight  of  those  who  think  that 
Gwen  Jones,  Elizabeth  Colby  or  Alice  Eaton  have  carried  off 
this  palm? 

* Esther  Heacock  suggests  that  the  present  library  building  be  equipped 
for  a swimming  tank  when  a new  library  finds  its  place  on  the  campus. 


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WHO  IS  THE  MOST  LIKELY  TO  SUCCEED? 

Though  a good  many  think  that  Emily  Esty  and  Alice  Cook 
are,  yet  we  quite  agree  with  those  who  say,  “We  all  are,” 
“Can  any  fail?" 


WHAT  HAS  1903  DONE  FOR  THE  COLLEGE! 

Lived  up  to  the  Mount  Holyoke  spirit;  shown  people  how 
to  play  basket-ball;  waked  it  up;  established  many  precedents 
(list  omitted  for  lack  of  space);  preserved  the  “pepper-box”; 
ask  Mr.  Hammond. 

WHAT  DO  YOU  THINK  OF  I903? 

She’s  the  only  class  for  me;  perfection;  no  room  for 
improvement;  an  exceptional  class  in  brilliancy,  loyalty  to 
class  and  college,  and  in  good-looking  members.  “My  heart  is 
with  the  Yellow.” 


OUR  MUTUAL  ACQUAINTANCES 


“ Rosie,  ” 

Russell, 

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MOUNTAIN  DAY 


CHRONOLOGY. 


io  a.m. — The  Vice-President  and  “decorative”  committee  de- 

part. 

2-3  p.  m. — Suit-case  parade. 

3-3:05  p.m. — Suit-case  line  up. 

3:45  p.m. — Sophomores  beg  to  be  excused  from  Lit.  exam. 

4:15  P.M. — “Hark,  I hear  a voice,  way  up  on  the  mountain  top,  tip-top, 
Descending  down  below.” 

“Merrily  we  roll  along.” 


4:40 

4:50 

5:55 

6 :2o 
6 140 

6:45 

7:i5 

7:30 

7:45 


8 :2o 
8:21 


9:30 

9:40 


p.m. — Dr.  Clapp  and  Miss  Wallace  give  us  a “good-bye” 
from  the  fence. 

p.m. — Alice  Cook  and  Elizabeth  Colby  discover  they  have 
the  same  story  for  their  toasts. 

p.m. — At  the  foot  of  the  chute.  “Bim  boom”  comes  to 
life  again  for  twenty-four  hours. 

p.m. — Our  chaperones  ascend. 

p.m. — Marion  Barry  finds  the  “harmonium”  and  plays 
“Gray  Shadows.” 

p.m. — Fliss  (hunting  for  her  suit-case):  I foresee  where  I 

shall  have  to  carry  this  elaborate  costume  the  rest 
of  my  life. 

p.m. — The  chaperones  appear  in  wedding  dresses. 


p.m. — Supper. 

p.m. — A.  Cook:  M — H — 1 s put  her  arms  twice 

around  me. 


A.  H amson  : How  long 

p.m. — Greetings  from  1906. 
p.m. — Toasts : 

Toastmistress, 

Glittering  Generalities, 
Class  of  1905,  . 

The  Pepper  Box, 

1903  in  Dramatics,  . 
Senior  Privileges, 


are  M y’s  arms? 


Emily  Esty. 
. Ethel  Ferry. 
Elizabeth  Colby. 
. Nan  Goddard. 
Dan  Grevstad. 
Rosetta  Montgomery. 


p.m. — Dancing. 

p.m. — Esther  appears  in  white  ducks,  with  a troubled 


expression. 

Solicitous  Inquirer:  What’s  the  matter  Esther? 

Esther:  I can’t  sit  “daown.” 


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9:42  p.m. — Stunts. 

1.  “Much  Ado,”  Act  III,  Sc.  I — E.  Colby,  H.  Bod- 

well,  W.  Tilden,  A.  Chamberlain,  M.  Norton,  L. 
Dodge. 

2.  “Much  Ado,”  Act  IV,  Sc.  I — E.  Poole,  “Bene- 

dick”; E.  Esty,  “Beatrice.” 

3.  Recitation — M.  Webster.  “Chewing-gum  Man” ; 

“Rats,  What’s  the  Difference?”  “Peaceful  Ceme- 
tery.” 

4.  Piano  Duett — W.  Tilden,  E.  Richardson. 

5.  Scene  from  “Ingomar” — D.  Grevstad,  H.  Quick. 

6.  Cock  Fight — A.  Tracy,  S.  Loomis;  C.  Dyer,  as 

cock  in  rear. 

7.  The  only  original  Orphean  Orchestra.  Leader,  E. 

Heacock. 

8.  Carolyn  Halstead,  R.  Montgomery. 

9.  Recitation — M.  Cook.  “Rupert;”  “Sally  Carter;” 

“Jabbernock.” 

10.  Rainbow  Dance — M.  Newhall. 

11.  Box  of  Monkeys — G.  Jones,  F.  Phillips,  G. 

Heald,  E.  Richardson,  W.  Tilden. 

12.  March  of  Magi  Kings — Air,  E.  Heacock;  Pedal, 

M.  Fiske;  Star,  H.  Edson  (star  shines  inter- 
mittently). 

13.  Carrie  Nation- — B.  Sargent. 

14.  Contortionist — R.  Sanborn. 

15.  Minstrel  Show — Middleman,  L.  Winship;  E. 

Colby,  E.  Poole,  G.  Heald,  L.  Clark,  H.  May- 
nard, E.  Heacock,  A.  Chamberlain,  M.  Norton. 
Song,  E.  Poole.  Recitation,  A.  Chamberlain, 
“Bootblack.”  Song,  E.  Heacock,  “M — ha-ha.” 
Clog  dance,  E.  Colby.  “Irish  Gentleman,”  M. 
Norton.  Gorilla  Act,  A.  Chamberlain.  Song, 
H.  Maynard,  “Owl  and  Moon.” 

16.  Song — E.  Richardson,  M.  Fiske. 

17.  Song — “Upidee,”  M.  Barry. 

18.  Recitation — “Bulgarian,”  Ann  Tracy. 

19.  Cake  Walk — C.  Allen,  E.  Heacock,  D.  Grevstad, 

N.  Goddard,  A.  Chamberlain,  G.  McGovern,  H. 
Maynard,  L.  Clark. 

12:07  a.m. — Class  History,  Martha  Webster. 

12:25  a.m. — Freshman  class-meeting. 


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12  150  a.m. — Sophomore  special  class-meeting. 

1:15  a.m. — Junior  adjourned  class-meeting. 

1 '.40  a.m.  — “Presto,  change!”  A study  in  black  and  white. 

2:00  a.m. — Senior  class-meeting:  Roll-call.  Solemn  charge 

from  the  President.  Guilty,  M.  Achorn,  M.  Barry, 
A.  Drinkwater,  *A.  Eaton,  B.  Fiske,  M.  Hubbard, 
H.  Maynard,  M.  Jones,  A.  Wilson,  L.  Winship. 

2:15  a.m. — E.  Heacock:  The  Athletic  Association  cup  is  good 
enough  and  heavy  enough  for  any  baby. 

2:20  a.m. — “Lineup;  line  up  our  gallant  team.  ” Presentation 
of  basket-ball  hat-pins. 

2:25  p.m. — Presentation  of  Medals  by  “Mowry” : Class  Beauty, 

Marion  Barry,  Evis  Berry  (honorable  mention). 
Grind,  Louise  Campbell,  Charlotte  Allen  (honor- 
able mention).  Shark,  Emily  Esty.  Most  Popu- 
lar, President  Woolley f,  Edith  Richardson  (honor- 
able mention).  Versatile,  Emily  Esty.  Best 
Dressed,  Marion  Barry,  Evis  Berry  (honorable 
mention).  Hardest  to  Rattle,  Charlotte  Allen, 
Marion  Richardson  (honorable  mention).  Class 
Bluffer,  Ethel  Ferry,  Laura  Clark  (honorable 
mention).  Meekest,  Myra  Hunter,  Nellie  Stearns, 
Martha  Webster  (honorable  mention).  Most  Ath- 
letic, Alice  Cook,  Esther  Heacock  (honorable 
mention).  Most  Original,  Florence  White,  Esther 
Heacock  (honorable  mention).  Best  Natured, 
Esther  Heacock,  Gwen  Jones  (honorable  mention). 
Most  Energetic,  Alice  Cook,  Winfred  Tilden, 
Christine  Catrevas  (honorable  mention).  Done 
Most  for  the  College,  Frances  Leavitt,  Edith 
Richardson  (honorable  mention).  Done  Most  for 
the  Class,  Edith  Richardson,  Alice  Cook  (honor- 
able mention).  Faculty  Rusher,  Lue  Winship, 
Mary  Clark  (honorable  mention).  Faculty  Pet, 
Frances  Leavitt,  Jessie  Spaulding  (honorable 
mention).  Actress,  Dan  Grevstad,  Edith  Poole 
(honorable  mention).  Neatest,  Evis  Berry.  J oili- 
est, Martha  Norton,  Esther  Heacock  (honorable 
mention).  Most  Gullible,  Ethel  Green;  Alice  Van 


*Bravo!  She  told  the  truth, 
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Doren,  Anna  Chamberlain  (honorable  mention). 
Typical  Mount  Holyoke  Girl,  Cora  Dyer. 

2:35  A-M* — Announcement  of  Votes  for  the  Faculty:  Best 

Teacher,  Miss  Goldthwaite,  Dr.  Clapp  (honor- 
able mention).  Most  Difficult  to  Recite 
to,  Miss  Goldthwaite,  Miss  Marks  (honor- 
able mention).  Easiest  to  Recite  to,  Miss  Pren- 
tiss, Mr.  Nourse  (honorable  mention).  Most 
Popular,  Mr.  Hammond,  Dr.  Clapp  (honorable 
mention).  Broadest  Minded,  Dr.  Clapp;  Miss 
Soule,  Dr.  Searles  (honorable  mention).  Eccen- 
tric, Miss  Soule,  Miss  Marks  (honorable  mention). 
Handsomest,  Miss  Thompson,  Miss  Wallace 
(honorable  mention).  Most  Scholarly,  Dr.  Searles. 
Best  Dressed,  Miss  Thompson.  Most  Considerate, 
Dr.  Clapp;  Miss  Wallace,  Miss  Talbot  (honorable 
mention). 

2:40  a.m. — Adjourned. 

3:00  a.m. — The  minority  sleep. 

It  was  past  midnight.  From  within  came  sounds  of  revelry 
and  mirth,  music  and  dancing;  without,  under  the  stars,  lay  a 
great  silent  sea  of  silver  mist.  On  all  sides,  as  far  as  eye  could 
see,  it  stretched  unbroken — a vast  opalescent  ocean  reaching  up 
to  a clear,  silver  sky.  Far  below,  like  lights  in  a harbor,  gleamed 
the  lamps  of  the  valley.  Out  of  the  mist  of  the  sea  a shadowy 
cliff  rose,  faint  but  clear,  against  the  sky,  and  from  its  summit 
lights  shone  into  the  silver  night.  Over  it  all  hung  the  silver  moon. 

A great  red  ball  rose  slowly  from  the  heart  of  the  silver  sea, 
and  the  level  white  mist  rolled  up  into  soft,  little,  fleecy  clouds 
and  blew  away,  leaving,  here  and  there,  a chapel  spire  and  a 
smoking  chimney,  and,  hither  and  yon,  some  tree  tops — a mystic 
pine,  an  ancient  elm,  a clump  of  feathery  larches.  On  one  side, 
a great,  level  stretch  of  silver  sand  dunes,  a broken  ridge  of 
pearly  cliffs  painted  with  soft  opaline  colors  and  edged  with  a line 
of  pure  gold,  and  a silver  river  winding  slowly  through  the  sand. 
On  the  other  side,  the  valley  vapors,  rising  higher  and  higher,  till 
they  meet  the  sky,  once  more  shroud  the  earth  in  a silver  veil. 

Rosetta  Montgomery. 

5:15  a.m. — The  majority  take  a cat-nap. 

5:20  a.m. — Ping-pong. 

8:30  a.m. — Breakfast. 


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9:10 

9:i5 


a.m.  — Eli  puts  on  a 
mascot. 
a.m. — Toasts : 

Toastmistress, 

Our  Team. 

1903^. 

The  Faculty, 
The  Blue  Book, 
Our  Cousins, 


Debating  Society  pin  and  acts  as  a 


Frances  Leavitt. 

Alice  Cook. 
Martha  Norton. 
Florence  Cowell. 

Mabel  Craigue. 
Florence  White. 


10:25  a.m. — Arrival  of  Dr.  Searles  and  Miss  Spore.  Yellow 
roses  from  the  Honorary  Members. 

10:30  a.m. — Bushels  of  mail.  Evis  Berry  rivals  Marion  Richard- 

son. 

11:00  a.m. — Snap-shots. 

11:15  a.m. — Grinds. 

11:30  a.m. — Arrival  of  President  Woolley. 

1 :45  p.m. — Dinner. 

Toastmistress,  ....  Edith  Richardson, 
toasts. 

Honorary  Members,  . . Harriet  Quick. 

1903  an  Establisher  of  Precedents,  Luella  Winship. 

In  Our  Day,  ....  Charlotte  Allen. 

Our  Prospective  Alumnae,  President  Woolley. 

“My  Heart  is  with  the  Yellow,”  . Cora  Dyer. 


3:30  p.m. — Prophecy,  Annie  Tracy. 

5 :8o  p.m. — Preparation  for  departure. 

“We  cannot  bear  to  say  the  parting  word ; 
We  would  a little  longer  stay.” 

“ My  heart  is  with  the  Yellow." 


HISTORY  OF  CLASS  OF  1903 


YOU  were  only  a Freshman  then,  way  back  in  the  fall  of 
1899,  very  conscious  of  your  put-up  hair  and  put-down 
skirts,  when  you  and  your  classmates  were  sprung  upon  the 
unsuspecting  public  of  Mount  Holyoke  College.  Some  of  them 
seemed  to  resent  being  regarded  thus,  as  a mild  and  harmless 
joke;  at  any  rate,  these  would-be  members  took  an  abrupt 
departure  after  a very  brief  sojourn,  leaving  you  and  some  two 
hundred  others,  however,  to  form  the  largest  Freshman  Class 
the  college  had  ever  seen.  You  weren’t  at  all  sure  that  you 
belonged  to  a class  at  all — or  at  least  you  supposed  you  did,  for 
your  friend  who  entered  Amherst  the  same  year  wrote  proudly 
of  1903,  so  it  seemed  to  you  such  a thing  must  exist.  But  you 
had  no  idea  what  a wonderful  thing  it  was  to  belong  to  the 
Class  of  1903.  You  had  some  suspicion  that  there  might  be  a 
class,  however,  one  night  when  everyone  was  climbing  up  on 
Prospect  to  build  a bon-fire  and  you  first  realized  the  magnifi- 
cence of  the  other  yells  and  helped  a crowd  of  girls  who  were 
venturing  on  some  impromptu  affair  of  that  nature.  After  a 
while  your  class  seemed  to  become  fully  aware  of  its  existence 
and  magnified  itself  (after  the  manner  of  the  newly-born)  by 
testing  the  power  of  its  lungs;  not  with  a weak,  infantile  wail, 
but  in  an  organized,  guttural  fashion,  in  which  you  joined 
lustily,  seeking  to  imitate  the  deep  tones  of  the  leader  and 
succeeding  only  too  well,  for  the  next  day  you  discovered  your 
voice  had  reached  such  a depth  that  it  threatened  never  to  rise 
again.  This  was  about  the  time  your  class  was  organized  and 
you  learned  to  consider — and  reconsider — all  questions  of 
importance  in  a truly  parliamentary  manner.  There  was  a 
great  deal  of  electioneering  and  lobbying,  when  it  came  to  the 
matter  of  colors  and  motto,  and  you  got  very  much  muddled 
and  confused,  for  you  had  no  idea  what  you  or  anyone  else 
wanted.  Something  Scotch  you  had  set  your  mind  on  for  a 
motto,  but  as  you  did  not  know  how  to  pronounce  Scotch  you 
decided  to  choose  it  in  English  and  have  it  translated,  until 
some  superior  upper  class  girl  informed  you  there  was  no  such 
thing  as  a Scotch  language,  so  you  had  that  motion  recon- 


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sidered,  and  voted  for  whatever  the  most  excited  girls  seemed 
to  wish.  Yellow  daffodils  and  “Rowing,  not  Drifting,”  you 
embraced  finally,  and  immediately  felt  as  if  you  had  been 
friends  for  years. 

This  was  your  first  social  season  at  college,  as  well  as  your 
first  parliamentary  one.  Every  class  laid  itself  out  to  entertain 
1903  with  a pretty  little  air  of  patronage,  and  1903  entertained 
every  other  class  very  handsomely  with  the  greatest  social 
success.  You  were  sure  all  the  other  classes  were  impressed 
with  your  ability  in  this  as  well  as  in  every  other  direction. 
You  used  to  whisper  to  each  other — you  and  the  other  Fresh- 
men— the  nice  things  upper  class  girls  had  said  about  your  class, 
and  you  believed  them,  every  word,  for  didn’t  you  deserve 
them?  Perhaps  you  have  always  been  a little  conceited,  but 
who  can  blame  you,  for  if  the  older  ones  did  laugh  at  you  a 
little,  they  had  really  said  the  nice  things,  and  meant  them,  too. 

You  went  with  your  class  on  a sleighride  to  Amherst,  and 
quite  enjoyed  the  feeling  of  doing  something  together,  though 
after  you  got  there  you  were  too  bashful  to  do  anything  but 
drink  coffee  and  come  home,  for  you  had  not  yet  learned  the 
meaning  of  stunts  and  how  to  do  them.  But  you  managed  to 
make  plenty  of  noise,  which  was  the  thing  your  classmates 
somehow  impressed  you  as  enjoying  most. 

During  the  first  of  the  year,  social  functions  began  to  be 
held  in  the  new  Gymnasium — a place  towards  which  you  felt  a 
drawing,  perhaps  a foreshadowing  of  the  victories  1903  was 
to  win  there.  You,  yourself,  were,  like  the  majority  of  your 
class,  but  an  indifferent  performer  in  the  matter  of  indoor 
athletics,  other  than  basket-ball,  which  you  enjoyed  from  the 
first,  however,  and  at  which  you  played  with  might  and  main, 
hoping  that  some  day  you  might  at  least  get  on  the  team  that 
furnished  substitutes  for  the  sub-scrubs. 

When  the  games  themselves  came,  you  discovered,  for  the 
first  time,  what  it  really  meant  to  wear  the  “yellow”  and  yell 
“bim-boom!”  for  you  saw  your  team  win  every  game  you  really 
cared  to  have  them  win.  You  wanted  the  J uniors  to  be  champions, 
so  the  only  defeat  your  team  ever  had  was  for  politeness’  sake. 
Your  bump  of  conceit  was  growing  now  in  a manner  that  was 
fast  fitting  you  to  be  a Sophomore. 

But  what  a deal  you  had  as  a member  of  1903  to  make  you 
appear  a bit  top-loftical,  if  you  but  appreciated  the  merits  of 
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appreciate  them.  You  had  attended  class-meetings  with  at 
least  no  more  than  the  average  number  of  mistakes  and  you 
had  always  had  some  classmate  with  the  ready  wit  to  “rise  to  a 
point  of  order”;  you  had  helped  give  a cobweb  party  and  a 
Washington  tea,  which  your  guests  assured  you  surpassed  all 
other  entertainments  in  their  experience;  you  had  yelled  fora 
team  valiant  in  the  field;  all  this  was  much,  but  there  was  yet  a 
great  deal  more.  You  saw  your  class,  besides  choosing  from 
the  Faculty  the  very  cream  for  honorary  members,  get  ahead  of 
every  other  class  by  securing  from  Miss  Woolley  a promise  to 
wear  the  yellow  for  the  next  three  years — President  of  your 
college  first,  of  course,  but  second  a member  of  your  class. 
You  were  sure  of  this  by  mathematical  computation — you  knew 
something  of  mathematics — they  gave  you  four  times  as  large  a 
share  of  her  as  any  other  class.  You  almost  felt  she  had  come 
to  see  her  class  alone  when  she  visited  college;  when  you  heard 
of  a speech  in  which  she  referred  to  the  “sweet  Class  of  1903,” 
you  couldn’t  help  liking  yourselves  a little  bit,  when  it  was  she 
who  called  you  “sweet.” 

On  Mountain  Day  you  enjoyed  your  class  for  the  last  time 
that  year.  You  found  out  what  stunts  were  and  did  a modest 
one  yourself,  though  nothing  like  Frances  Phillips’  cakewalk. 
You  were  a little  the  worse  for  wear  the  next  day,  for  you  had 
helped  part  of  your  class  arrive  early  in  the  morning  at  a time 
no  one  had  ever  been  known  to  before,  and  you  said“not  pre- 
pared” in  Latin,  which  was  dreadful,  but  to  your  surprise  you 
didn’t  die  after  all.  Then,  in  a few  days,  you  kissed  your 
Senior  good-bye  and  left  college  for  a time,  with  the  load  of 
Latin  and  Mathematics  gone  to  cast  hardly  a shadow  on  the  first 
of  a heartful  of  memories. 

You  came  back  all  eagerness,  and,  in  the  joy  of  greeting 
your  old  friends,  did  not  mind  overmuch  that  your  nose  was 
rather  broken — your  class  yielded  its  place  gracefully,  as  pet  of 
the  college,  to  one  less  worth)^  the  attentions  bestowed  on  it. 
You  weren’t  a bit  jealous,  however.  You  were  only  amused  at 
this  new  baby,  and  it  was  this  amusement  that  got  you  into 
trouble.  You  were  one  of  a crowd  of  Sophomores  to  indulge  in 
an  innocent  joke  which  1904 — always  a decent,  harmless  little 
creature — didn’t  resent  in  the  least,  when  to  your  surprise  you 
were  suddenly  pounced  upon  by  an  excited  pack  of  Juniors. 
You  were  somehow  jammed  into  a corner  and  while  one  Junior 
pulled  your  hair  with  a wrench  you  can  still  feel,  half  a dozen 


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others  forced  you  to  fight  on  a battle  ground  beset  with  many 
dangers.  Though  yourself  of  a peaceful  disposition,  you  fought 
valiantly  for  your  class  until  tumult  ceased  through  the  inter- 
vention of  a higher  power.  Then  you  found  to  your  surprise 
that  all  blamed  poor  1903,  and  that  you  yourself  fell  under  the 
ban  of  the  “better  element”  of  your  own  class.  But  you  were 
firm  in  your  indignation,  and  persuaded  others  of  your  class  not 
to  yield  too  readily  to  such  injustice,  till  finally  you  all  emerged 
serenely  with  no  great  loss  of  honor,  after  what  might  pass  as 
an  apology. 

On  the  whole,  after  this  little  unpleasantness,  1903  was  about 
as  popular  as  a Sophomore  Class  may  ever  hope  to  be,  which  is 
saying  a good  deal  for  the  prepossessing  qualities  of  this 
particular  class,  for  it  certainly  gave  anyone  with  jealous 
tendencies  very  good  cause  to  dislike  it.  This  class  of  yours  was 
born  plucky  and  lucky,  and  the  whole  college  was  from  the  first 
made  aware  of  it.  You  saw  it  engage  in  dramatics  and  rejoiced, 
for  their  presentation  of  “The  Princess”  drew  warm  applause. 
You  voted  for  the  U.  of  P.  Glee  Club,  and  U.  of  P.  it  was.  The 
concert  they  gave  was  no  worse  than  others  of  its  kind,  and  you 
were  no  more  in  the  hole  than  other  classes  have  been  until 
1905  decided  that  cheapness  was  the  first  merit  of  such  an 
undertaking.  You  plunged  somehow  through  the  perils  of 
Chem.  Lab.,  and  though  you  jumped  at  an  occasional  ominous 
crash  when  Elizabeth  Colby  let  all  her  test-tubes  be  dashed  to 
pieces  on  the  floor  at  one  fell  swoop,  you  endured  the  worse 
bravely,  without  being  quite  blown  to  smithereens. 

With  the  second  term  came  President  Woolley,  you  were 
sure  as  the  particular  guardian  angel  of  the  Sophomore  Class, 
though  you  were  generous  enough  to  share  with  the  rest  of  the 
college,  still  keeping  first  claim  in  your  heart.  The  second 
semester  of  the  year  began  with  a merry  little  spin  to  Granby, 
with  the  usual  accompaniment  of  dancing  and  oyster  stew. 
You  repeated  your  stunts  of  Freshman  Mountain  Day,  which 
gave  you  an  opportunity  to  look  back — so  far  back  it  seemed — to 
that  first  year  when  you  were  a happy  child  with  no  thought  of 
the  terrors  of  Lit.,  with  which  you  were  just  beginning  to 
battle,  from  which  you  were  likely  to  emerge  even  though 
without  credit.  Somehow  you  endured  all  with  your  usual 
fortitude  and  sought  and  found  some  comfort  in  telling  your 
Freshman  acquaintances,  hair-raising  tales  of  the  perils  which 
awaited  them.  You  were  dropped  without  warning  on  Anglo- 


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Saxon  fief  to  do  battle  with  a Worm,  the  nature  of  which  was 
hazy  in  your  mind,  then  left  to  trip  over  the  jargon  of  Chaucer; 
after  exercising  your  brain  over  these  difficulties  you  expected 
something  great,  but  they  insulted  your  intelligence  by  reading 
you  nursery  rhymes,  as:  “The  dew  flies  over  the  mulberry 

tree";  or  in  “the  childlike  pipings  of  William  Blake,"  “Little 
lamb,  who  made  thee?  ’ 

Through  all  your  troubles,  you  were  cheered  by  the  thought 
that  1903  was  still  1903,  and  the  team  still  practicing  in  the 
Gym.  to  put  your  dear  figures  on  the  championship  banner, 
which,  of  course,  they  did  when  the  time  came,  as  you  never 
doubted  for  a moment  they  would.  The  next  thing  you  knew 
somebody  had  started  Field  Day  with  the  express  purpose,  it 
would  seem,  of  giving  1903  more  glory,  though  perhaps  in  the 
beginning  the  others  had  a small  idea  of  doing  something,  if 
they  did  they  were  dreadfully  disappointed  for  from  the  first 
they  had  no  chance  whatever.  Last  the  Seniors,  your  own  odd- 
numbered  Seniors,  were  banquetted  as  a last  thing  you  could  do 
for  them.  That  was  in  the  nature  of  a farewell,  but  with 
Llamarada  and  class  elections,  you  were  kept  looking  forward  to 
your  Junior  year,  when  you  might  spin  a top  and  help  write  a 
year  book  of  your  own. 

Junior  year  you  began  with  the  regular  1903  cheerfulness, 
which  no  vague  gropings  in  metaphysical  regions  could  ever 
dampen.  Bible  showed  itself  a rather  more  awe-inspiring  thing 
than  before,  for  it  now  took  the  form  of  Exegesis — you  can 
spell  and  pronounce  this  word  anyhow,  and  have  always 
intended  to  look  it  up  in  the  dictionary — but  you  slipped  through 
the  course  some  way,  though  you  did  not  feel  obliged  to 
apologize,  like  one  member  of  your  class,  for  not  reading  Paul’s 
Epistles  in  the  original  Greek.  Everywhere  you  went  you  were 
haunted  by  a classmate  of  yours,  whom  you  had  once  considered 
your  friend,  but  who  now  appeared  as  one  of  the  “board," 
armed  with  a terrible  little  book,  which  always  appeared  after 
you  had  made  your  worst  breaks,  or  you  would  flee  from  her 
only  to  fall  into  the  arms  of  the  insatiable  editor-in-chief,  who, 
with  her  dangerously  winning  smile,  begged  for  contributions. 
Your  class  was  mirthful  just  the  same  and  one  of  their  first 
undertakings  was  a minstrel  show  to  amuse  the  children — it  was 
here  that  Esther  Heacock  made  the  Um-ah  family  famous. 
This  entertainment,  it  was  said,  grieved  more  than  one  worthy 
member  of  the  Faculty;  in  all  such  cases,  however,  it  proved  to 


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be  one  who  had  not  had  the  chance  to  observe  for  herself  the 
superior  and  refined  qualities  of  this  particular  minstrel-show. 
You  were  so  busy  that  afternoon  with  your  two  Freshmen  and 
their  partners,  who  were  also  looking  for  their  Freshmen 
partners,  and  your  own  partners,  that  you  wore  an  anxious, 
yearning  expression  of  countenance  for  days  after.  You 
brought  out  your  Gym.  suit  again  this  fall  for  another  year  of 
Gym.  work,  which  you  pursued  three  evenings  in  the  week  with 
a bored  look  on  your  face.  Sometimes  you  marched  round  and 
round  the  Gym.,  or  other  nights  you  sat  on  a bench  as  quietly 
and  unobtrusively  as  possible,  and  watched  your  companions 
perform  with  the  apparatus;  then  again  you  played  “three 
deep’’  and  had  a sad  time  when  you  were  “it.”  Do  you  remem- 
ber how  relieved  you  were  when  you  finally  had  a chance  to  chase 
Emily  Esty  for  she  straightway  ran  into  a corner  and  waited 
most  obligingly  for  you  to  catch  her?  One  night  in  December 
remains  particularly  memorable  in  your  mind  as  the  first  night 
Laura  Yale  attended  Gym. — she  never  came  again,  however. 

The  most  important  class-meeting  of  the  year  was  the  one  in 
which  all  debated  eagerly  on  Dancing  vs.  Men.  You  had  very 
decided  opinions  on  this  matter  yourself,  and  were  glad  to  find 
your  class  agreed  with  you  on  the  superior  attractions  of  the 
latter.  Your  class  was  always  progressive,  however,  so  you 
weren’t  at  all  surprised  when  you  found  it  establishing  a 
precedent  to  be  unquestioningly  followed  by  all  subsequent 
Junior  classes.  After  that  you  just  wished  the  time  away  till 
those  few  blissful  days  in  February  when  he  came — how  you 
pitied  the  girls  whose  he’s  failed  to  come.  Your  new  gown  was 
a dream,  the  Gym.  had  become  fairyland,  and,  besides  all  the 
glories  of  the  Prom.,  there  were  many  other  attractions,  includ- 
ing a two-minute  appointment  in  the  Pepper-box,  engaged 
according  to  a system  devised  by  an  enterprising  member  of 
1903,  whom  the  class  was  proud  to  own.  That  was  long  ago,  in 
the  days  of  your  youth,  but  somewhere  in  your  memory-book  is 
a little  white  dance  order  with  a yellow  seal  and  what  was  once 
a beautiful  red  carnation.  Turn  to  the  page  and  you  will  hear 
again  the  swish  of  your  lovely  new  train,  the  orchestra  and  deep 
voices  swelling  the  chorus  of  “Boola. ’’  The  whole  evening 
was  not  only  a social  success  for  you,  but  a very  great  one  for 
1903,  and  that  was  really  what  you  enjoyed  most  about  it. 

That  your  class  dramatic  ability  had  not  declined  you  were 
sure  when  you  saw  “Ingomar,”  and  you  followed  that  hero’s 


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adventures  with  interest,  for  the  fervor  of  his  devotion  made  it 
real  to  you.  Then  there  was  a jolly  little  vaudeville,  in  which 
you  found  you  might  play  in  a wonderfully  conducted  orchestra, 
though  you  had  never  realized  before  that  you  had  any  musical 
ability.  You  spun  your  top  in  the  greatest  excitement,  proud 
of  your  ability,  until  some  contemptuous  Sophomore  informed 
you  that  the  pesky  thing  was  spinning,  gaily  to  be  sure,  but 
wrong  side  up.  Then  the  Llamarada  came  out  with  the  dearest 
illustrations,  and  here  you  were  ground  most  unmercifully,  and 
here — oh!  the  delight  of  seeing  your  literary  efforts  in  print — 
was  that  article  the  editor-in-chief  had,  by  various  wiles, 
coaxed  out  of  your  reluctant  brain.  To  make  the  term  more 
than  ever  significant  for  the  Juniors,  your  team  was  again 
champion,  winning  first  place  fairly  by  a series  of  the  prettiest 
passing  the  college  had  ever  seen.  Do  you  remember  that  last 
championship  game,  the  glorious  crowd  of  Juniors  on  the  steps 
of  the  Gym. — the  procession  in  which  you  waved  a torch  before 
the  conquering  team,  drawn  in  glory  around  the  campus,  and 
the  very  last  yell  for  1903?  Do  you  remember  the  leader’s 
voice,  “Now  yell,  girls,  just  once  more!  Yell  as  you  never 
yelled  before!”  You  were  hot  and  dusty  and  your  throat 
ached,  but  you  were  glad  to  endure  all  for  1903,  as  again  your 
voice  rang  out  triumphantly.  It  was  a glad  and  glorious  class 
that  laid  plans  for  cap  and  gown  year  and  took  Williston  steps 
feeling  confident  that  they  were  fitted  to  fill  them. 

You  sneaked  down  to  Wilder  one  Saturday  evening  in  the 
fall  and  emerged  with  a precious  bundle  cuddled  under  your 
arm.  The  next  day  you  dropped  in  at  the  music-room  on  your 
way  to  vespers,  and  the  very  next  morning,  sooner  than  any 
other  class  had  ever  done  it  before,  you  were  one  of  a long 
gown-clad  procession.  Your  class  had  a full  sense  of  its  dignity 
and  was  not  at  all  oppressed  by  its  own  importance.  Laura 
Clark  even  dared  lay  violent  hands  on  the  hitherto  sacred  tassel 
for  having  the  presumption  to  get  in  her  way.  You  had  lost 
the  bond  of  a common  bugbear  of  some  course  required  by  all 
members  of  your  class  and  were  now  careering  gaily  along  your 
own  path,  having  dipped  into  some  subjects  deeply  enough 
perhaps  to  be  able  to  pursue,  before  the  year  was  over,  Botany 
9,  an  advanced  and  difficult  course.  With  the  greatest 
generosity  you  immediately  hunted  up  three  Freshmen  and 
brought  them  to  the  Gym.  to  be  entertained  by  1903.  Into 
Gym.  work  you  plunged,  of  your  own  accord,  and  followed  the 


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class  for  its  few  lessons  in  fencing-,  and  indeed,  it  held  out 
longer  than  any  previous  class.  You  further  adorned  the  Gym. 
in  a graceful  song  and  dance  which  you  performed  at  the 
vaudeville  when  Signor  Cockhea’s  famous  orchestra  appeared 
for  the  second  time. 

The  Christmas  vacation  was  disastrous  to  your  class,  for  it 
wrought  havoc  in  many  hearts.  For  days  after,  you  never  met 
any  member  of  the  class,  even  your  dearest  friend,  without 
glancing  suspiciously  at  a certain  finger  of  her  left  hand,  for 
you  now  agreed  with  Miss  Flintermann’s  previous  opinion  that 
there  was  “hope  for  all  of  us.”  Your  class  soon  began  to  be 
entertained  by  its  loving  friends.  The  Juniors  invited  them  to 
their  Junior  Prom. — a very  successful  imitation  of  the  one  of 
the  year  before — and  the  Faculty,  ’ere  it  should  be  too  late,  and 
the  present  Seniors  be  replaced  by  a class  less  able  to  appreciate 
the  value  of  true  dramatic  art,  got  to  work  and  gave  a Faculty 
play,  which  will  long  remain  a tradition  of  the  college,  an 
experience  only  to  be  repeated  when  the  actors  can  find  in  all 
the  college  a class  worthy  such  efforts — which,  as  everyone 
knows,  will  not  be  very  soon.  They  did  allow  other  members 
of  the  college  to  attend,  to  be  sure,  but  they  declared  it  their 
last  appearance  on  the  stage  and,  though  they  gave  no  reason 
for  such  a decision,  all  understood  how  it  was.  But  your  class 
did  not  always  have  the  part  of  an  inactive  spectator,  for  the 
team  once  more  took  its  stand  on  the  floor  of  the  Gym.,  playing 
not  to  win  but  to  establish  a precedent — a thing  for  which 
1903  was  always  famous,  and  they  did  establish  a precedent 
which  it  will  be  mighty  hard  to  follow.  When  it  came  to  the 
first  of  May  you  not  only  approached  the  appointed  ground 
swinging  your  rope  with  unsurpassed  grace,  but  you  jumped 
double  rope  in  a way  that  surprised  all  beholders.  Never  did 
Senior  Class  uphold  its  former  reputation  as  yours;  its  record 
for  Field  Day  was  about  three  times  that  of  any  other  class,  its 
boat  race  broke  the  record  and  its  high  jump  beat  Vassar’s. 
How  your  heart  thrilled  when  you  watched  the  brave  crew, 
composed  of  Heacock  and  Chamberlain,  who  notwithstanding 
various  disadvantages  and  mishaps  of  the  voyage,  won  third 
place  at  last.  You  lived  the  social  life  of  most  Seniors  that  last 
term  of  all;  went  to  heaven  at  Mr.  Hammond’s  organ  recital, 
danced  with  a devoted  little  Freshman  at  the  Freshman 
reception,  banqueted  with  your  pet  Sophomore,  and  meanwhile 
clung  with  all  your  might  and  main  to  each  and  every  member 


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of  your  class.  Somehow  you  alternately  rushed  and  dreamed 
along  till  Mountain  Day  and  Commencement — and  your  eyes 
were  not  so  fastened  on  the  little  red  school  house,  which  lay 
before  you,  but  what  you  could  still  look  back  and  think  what 
a blessing  it  was  to  the  college,  still  to  have  1903^-  left  for  a 
little  while,  to  console  it  somewhat  for  the  great  grief  it  must 
feel  at  the  loss  of  brave  1903. 


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GRINDS 


Gail  Smith — Committee  unable  to  prepare  the  usual  grind, 
as  they  were  interrupted  by  her  on  May  7th. 

Caroline  Griffin — “Jill,”  to  make  up  for  your  recent  loss. 

Louise  Sterner — Package  of  sleeping  powders  and  yeast 
cakes. 

Esther  Roesch — Seal  of  Consumer’s  League,  in  recognition 
of  her  faithful  services. 

Grace  McKibben — Bill  from  Mr.  Hill  for  repairs  to  Chapel 
seat,  caused  by  cutting. 

May  Pinney — Train  of  cars,  to  increase  her  speed. 

Helen  Knowlton — Flower  to  be  analyzed  by  this  botany 
student. 

Isabel  Mathison — Samples  of  blue  to  select  from. 

Marion  Chandler — Champion  sprinter,  in  just  on  time. 
Records: 


DUE 

LEFT  ROOM 

ARRIVED 

Freshman  Story  . 

4:30  P.M. 

4:27 

4.29^ 

American  Lit.  Paper  . 

. 10:00  r.M. 

9:55 

9:5834 

Wordsworth  Paper 

. 10:00  P.M. 

9:56 

9=59K 

Helen  Bodwell — Spot  eradicator. 

Mary  Kilmer — White  sweater  and  skates. 

Mabel  Craigue — Blotter  to  keep  her  wit  dry. 

Carolyn  Fowle — Cart  to  carry  her  many  books. 

Gertrude  Heald — Model  of  Gertrude’s  perpendicular 
conscience. 

Esther  Heacock — Hair  receiver,  as  token  of  gratitude  for 
amusement  caused  her  classmates  during  recitation. 

Charlotte  Allen — History: 

She’s  such  an  industrious  lass, 

The  grind  of  the  history  class, 

Who  once  did  insist,  “that  man  can’t  exist, 

Because  I’ve  not  read  him.”  Alas! 


Angie  Allbee — Bust  of  Aristotle,  as  she  shone  in  Ethics. 


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Ethel  Ferry — 

Miss  M.  E.  Ferry  has  standing  permission  to  leave  college  as  early  as  she 
may  wish  and  to  return  as  late  as  she  may  desire.” 

(Signed)  Louise  F.  Cowles. 

Elizabeth  Colby — ■Comfortable  bath-tub  for  taking  naps. 

Helen  Vogelson— We  present  this  set  of  books  that  you  may 
always  be  ready  for  any  number  of  examinations  necessary  to 
take  in  changing  from  one  college  to  another. 

Amy  Drinkwater— Napkin  rings  engraved,  “Him  and  Me.’’ 

Lena  Lewis — Watering-pot  to  prevent  our  class  ivy  from  the 
fate  of  the  1837  ivy. 

Lillian  Clark — Frame  for  portrait  of  Miss  Holmes. — C.  P. 

Alice  Smith — Box  of  candy,  a prescription  from  her  Yale 
physician. 

“Gwen”  Jones — “Great  hat,”  because  of  her  fondness  for 
this  expression. 

Mary  Kilbourn — Glass  to  break,  so  that  she  can  say  she  has 
made  one  break  in  college. 

Rosina  Childs — Broom,  as  a token  of  affection  from  Miss 
McAuslan,  asking  her  forgiveness  for  a misplaced  criticism. 

Mabelle  Fulton — Gilt  star,  to  match  the  gleam  in  her  eye. 

Louise  Campbell  —Anti-fat,  after  bird-walks  and  Lab. 

Christine  Catrevas — Certificate  for  faithful,  skillful  work 
for  1903. 

Marion  Richardson — Flowers,  to  console  her  for  lack  of 
Freshman  attention  next  year. 

Helen  Frazer — Red  sealing-wax,  for  mending  glasses. 

“Allie”  Drinkwater — Blanks,  so  that  she  may  join  more 
teachers’  agencies. 

Mary  Newhall — Book,  “Rufus,  my  Cousin,”  written  from 
thorough  knowledge  of  facts. 

Margaret  Cram — 

There  was  a young  maiden  named  Cram, 

Who  never  for  quiz  or  exam., 

Inside  of  a book  was  e’er  known  to  look, 

This  maiden  so  wrongly  named  Cram. 

Dora  Barnes — Suit-case,  to  carry  in  place  of  Miss 
Dickinson’s. 


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Annie  Miller — Quick-decision  clock,  to  help  her  make  up 
her  mind. 

Annie  Tracy — Toilet-set,  for  frequent  washing  of  hands. 

Alethea  Puffer — Engine— another  nice  little  puffer. 

Lena  Lewis — String  of  cards — “My  Rosary,”  each  link  a 
card,  each  card  a call. 

Alma  Rose — Sponge,  because  of  early  baths. 

Katharine  Worcester — Set  of  pompadour  combs. 

Lucy  Wells — Astronomy,  for  three  years’  domestic  work. 

Anna  Chamberlain — Certificate  of  punctuality,  signed  by 
Anna  May  Soule,  Louise  Rogers  Jewett,  Emma  Rensch,  Mary 
Vance  Young,  C.  M.  Clapp. 

Alice  Bullard — Picture  of  Pearsons  Hall,  the  object  of  her 
undying  affection  while  in  college. 

“Win”  Tilden — Bank,  to  save  pennies  for  Mrs.  Gulick’s 
school. 

Julia  Metcalf — Mansir’s  Guide,  to  assist  her  in  leaving 
town. 

Edith  Poole — From  your  loving  classmates  who  have  been 
made  miserable  by  your  previosity  throughout  your  course. 
N.B.—  Art  paper,  done  two  weeks  before  due.  Political 
History  paper  three-fourths  done  before  your  roommate  had 
started  hers. 

I v a Smith — Bottle  of  “catch-up,”  because  of  proneness  to  be 
late  with  your  papers. 

Edna  Parker — Coat-hanger,  to  support  your  $27  gown, 
which  has  not  been  seen  in  Chapel  this  term. 

Harriet  VanWagner — Yale  pin,  for  your  doll  to  wear  in 
the  next  stage,  which  we  hope  will  be  the  doll  bride. 

Blanche  Hamson — Frog,  for  valuable  assistance  in  the  frog 
department. 

Florence  Frost — Checks  from  Freshmen  for  tutoring  in 
Math. : Anna  Bell  Green,  Fresh  E.  Man,  Mary  Stupid,  etc. 

Margaret  Seymour — Blue-book,  to  bring  good  luck  in 
Ethics  exam. 

Alice  Woods — Hair-tonic.  The  need  of  this  gift  is  evident. 

Grace  Fernald — Medal,  for  distinguished  service  on  the 
athletic  field. 

Alice  VanDoren — Wig — “Vegetable  growth.” 


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Sara  Sears — To  serve  as  checks  upon  your  passion  for 
visiting  Holyoke:  Domestic  Work,  Botany  I,  “Attractions  of 

South  Hadley,”  etc. 

Eunice  Burbank — Work  of  art.  This  maiden,  from  her 
shrinking  expression,  looks  as  if  she  might  not  have  been  in  the 
water  for  ten  years,  as  Miss  Burbank  herself  has  said. 

Dagny  Grevstad — “Baker’s  Argumentation,”  because  of 
interest  in  subject;  pink  rose,  because  of  its  color. 

Claire  Howe — Horn.  We  should  like  to  hear  you  for  once 
blow  your  own  horn. 

May  Pease — “Admit  one  to  Keith’s”  (theater  ticket). 

“Beth”  Sargent — Graceful  and  twining  saplings,  for  use  in 
protecting  the  Pepper-box  windows. 

Grace  Bacon — The  tenth  bracelet,  to  be  worn  only  with 
cotta. 

Helen  Gates — Check  on  Holyoke  bank  for  $5.80.  Signed 
by  Faculty,  per  order  of  conscience. 

Ethel  Green — A sure  cure  for  English  measles,  warranted 
to  prevent  their  affecting  the  mind. 

Ethel  Hisgen — Paper  bags,  with  request  that  she  for  once 
make  a noise  by  blowing  them  up. 

Elva  Howell — Map  of  the  heavens,  in  memory  of  her 
favorite  subject  and  favorite  instructor. 

Laura  Clark — Tassel;  in  case  you  should  ever  again  be 
tempted  to  order  your  tassel  according  to  the  dictates  of  your 
own  fancy. 

Annie  Knight — 

Miss  Annie  Knight  is  well  fitted  to  take  any  course  in  the  German  De- 
partment. Emilie  A.  Flintermann. 

Marguerite  Rogers — Insect,  to  enable  her  hereafter  to 
distinguish  between  a wasp  and  a grasshopper,  this  being  a 
wasp. 

Marion  Barry — Hoping  that  this  choice  collection  of 
stationery  will  be  useful  in  the  future  in  your  varied  corres- 
pondence. 

Harriet  Quick — Prize  Banner  Quickstep,  because  of  her 
sprightly  step. 

Louise  Stowell — Horse,  to  remind  you  of  Ned. 


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Harriet  Moore — Degree  of  S.  and  O.L.  B.,  Sole  and  Only 
Listener  in  Bible.  Official  seal. 

Jeane  Taylor — Scrap-book,  for  the  budding  poetess  to  use  in 
copying  her  original  manuscripts. 

Katherine  Reid — Bottle  of  laughing  gas. 

There’s  another  young  lady  from  Mead, 

A serious  young  lady  named  Reid, 

She  thought  it  a sin, 

To  laugh,  smile  or  grin — 

This  sober  young  lady  named  Reid. 

Florence  Mann — Because  of  devotion  to  typewriter,  “Ful- 
ton’s Great  American  Primer.  While  at  play  the  child  learns 
to  spell.”  Underwood  typewriter. 

Edith  Mandell — Brush,  because  of  extraordinary  neatness. 

Helen  Edson — Bouquet.  Letter:  “Dear  Miss  Edson  . 

. . 1906.” 

Mary  Seymour — Canoe,  for  camping  outfit. 

Nellie  Stearns — Megaphone,  to  increase  the  volume  of 
your  voice. 

“Nan”  Goddard — Can-opener,  in  memory  of  the  day  when 
you  arose  from  the  table  and  procured  a can-opener  from  your 
own  room,  that  the  household  might  not  be  deprived  of  canned 
peaches. 

Ruth  Cutter — Sounding-line,  to  sound  her  depths. 

Florence  Cowell — Proofs.  Hoping  that  she  may  succeed 
in  obtaining  at  least  one  or  two  satisfactory  proofs  after  trying 
at  least  forty  or  fifty  of  her  own. 

Ruby  Sanborn — 

There  was  a young  lady  named  Sanborn , 

Who  had  to  be  ground  just  at  random; 

They  gave  her  a bonnet. 

With  black  stripes  upon  it, 

To  keep  from  her  all  trace  of  sunburn! 

Edith  Richardson — Giraffe,  the  only  thing  lacking  in  your 
menagerie. 

Frances  Phillips — Writing-book.  “The  educational  system 
of  round-hand  vertical  writing,”  presented  at  request  of  Miss 
Talbot. 

May  Achorn — Ring,  trusting  that  she  may  see  in  it  the  red 
and  green  lights  which  have  furnished  her  such  pleasure  in  the 
past. 


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Helen  Fitts — Book,  for  quotations  which  you  always  have 
on  hand. 

Alice  Cook — Signed  after  five  minutes’  deliberation: 

This  is  to  certify  that  all  surgical  apparatus  belonging  to  the  dispensary 
is  at  the  disposal  of  Alice  Cook. 

(Witness)  Dora  M.  Barnes.  (Signed)  Eleanor  Parry,  M.D. 

Bottle  of  liniment. 

Laura  Smith — Price-list  of  twentieth  century  text-books,  to 
use  in  choosing  books  for  nature  study  courses. 

Alice  Eaton  and  Cora  Dyer — Egg-beaters,  to  use  through- 
out their  entire  after  lives. 

Frances  Leavitt — Beef,  iron  and  wine  tonic,  to  sustain  her 
during  her  labors  for  the  Department  of  Geology  in  Domestic 
Work. 

Edith  Hall — Perpetual  snowstorm,  to  remind  you  of  your 
last  winter’s  suit.  For  references,  apply  to  Miss  Hazen. 

Evis  Berry — Lock  and  key,  to  keep  your  money. 

Ethelind  Knight — Harmonica,  to  help  you  in  voice  culture. 

Grace  Davis — Sure  antidote  for  poison. 

Martha  Norton — Picture,  to  remind  you  of  your  own 
personal  appearance  on  the  night  of  the  “Mikado.” 

Emma  Day — Rare  and  recently  discovered  species  of  bird  as 
slight  consolation  in  not  being  able  to  take  the  course  in 
Biology. 

Alice  Wilson — 

Sing  a song  of  magazines, 

Coming  from  a man; 

Ainslee’s  by  the  dozen — 

Count  them  if  you  can. 

Sue  MacWilliams — Bank,  as  treasurer  of  everything  under 
the  sun. 

Myra  Hunter — Poem  on  evolution,  because  of  your  great 
interest  in  the  subject. 

Edith  Wallace — Lobster,  in  recognition  of  connection  with 
Zoology  Department. 

Josephine  Belcher — Violets;  letters  of  appreciation  from 
Miss  Alice  Stevens. 

Amy  Wiggin — Sprinkling-pot  and  seeds.  For  use  in  your 
future  career. 


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Grace  McGovern — Note-book,  to  take  notes  for  the  Mount 
Holyoke , that  you  may  be  less  abstracted  and  able  to  give  more 
time  to  your  friends. 

Minnie  Hoyt — Slate,  to  increase  your  great  talent  for 
drawing. 

Louise  Dodge — Doll,  dressed  in  yellow,  in  token  of  apprecia- 
tion of  your  services  in  the  May-day  dances. 

Ruth  Walker — Notes  dropped  from  her  note-book.  Faculty 
notes  signed  by  Misses  Flinterman  and  Wipplinger. 

Sarah  Hollands — Slight  tokens  of  your  services  in  the 
Chemistry  Lab.  Test-tubes. 

Edith  Woodward — Princeton  tiger,  instead  of  a kiss,  which 
she  would  prefer. 

Ruth  Ward — Suitable  topics  for  conversation  after  ten! 
“Visits  home,”  “My  brothers,”  “State  of  one’s  affections,” 
“Care  of  sick  in  the  Annex.” 

Amy  Hamson  and  Helen  Hume — Twin  dolls,  representing 
Miss  Hamson  and  Miss  Hume  who  are  frequently  mistaken  for 
each  other  on  week-days  and  by  Miss  Woolley  on  Sundays. 

Mary  Cook — Note-book  and  pictures,  for  use  in  future  art 
courses. 

M.  T.  Webster — “A  History  of  the  Hebrew  People,”  by 
Kent,  in  memory  of  Sophomore  Bible  Course  and  pleasant 
interviews  with  Miss  Holmes. 

Sarah  Loomis — A measles  germ,  hoping  you  will  not  attempt 
to  have  the  measles  the  third  time. 

Montgomery — Hat,  because  of  taste  for  unusual  in  head- 
wear. 

Former  Members — Roses. 

Yale- — Tablet  and  pencils,  to  be  able  to  express  yourself  the 
next  time  you  lose  your  voice. 

May  Fiske — Tools,  for  the  champion  arranger  of  the  Grind 
Committee.  When  we  have  required  anything  whatever,  from 
a stomach-pump  to  an  automobile,  she  has  volunteered  to 
arrange  for  the  same. 

Mary  Clark — Scissors,  to  remind  her  of  the  days  when  she 
has  faithfully  cut  Domestic  Work  to  come  to  Grind  Committee 
meetings. 


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Marion  Lansing — Basket  of  dates  and  list  of  engagements. 
You  need  a date. 

Emily  Esty — Catalogue  of  Mount  Holyoke  College  1903- 
1904.  See  pages  27-44.  Assistant  in  Latin,  English,  Physics 
and  Math,  departments. 

“Lu”  Winship — A rare  bit  of  Mexican  pottery  to  begin 
house-keeping. 

Jessie  Spaulding — Token  of  affection  from  the  Faculty  and 
of  undying  regret  at  your  departure. 

Florence  White — 

Grind,  grind,  grind, 

With  this  huge  coffee-grinder,  Fliss  White  ! 

And  I would  that  our  tongues  could  utter 
The  thoughts  that  arise  at  this  sight ! 

O,  well  for  the  grind  committee, 

Who  no  better  chairman  could  find ! 

O,  well  for  the  Senior  Class 
That  she  grinds  with  a hand  so  kind! 

The  stately  maidens  go  in, 

To  their  fate  in  the  grinding  mill ; 

And  but  for  the  touch  of  her  kindly  hand 
Wrath  many  a heart  would  fill. 

Grind,  grind,  grind. 

The  fragments  below  we  see. 

May  you  always  grind  as  charitably 
As  you’ve  ground  for  Nineteen-Three. 

Florence  Fairbanks  and  Jeane  Holford — Gym.  suits — half 
to  each  one. 

Ethel  Cutler — Leaf  from  her  diary  recording  a day’s 
experience,  chiefly  with  the  Faculty. 


CLASS  PROPHECY. 


IT  was  all  because  I had  taken  the  “bird-course.”  Nothing 
but  the  bird-fever,  I assure  you,  would  have  induced  me  to 
be  leaving  the  steps  of  Brigham  Hall  at  five-thirty  in  the 
morning.  I didn’t  take  walks  before  breakfast  very  often;  but 
when  I did,  I believed  in  making  them  long  enough  to  be  worth 
while.  I was  rather  sleepy,  I confess,  as  I started  down  the 
avenue.  Just  at  this  moment  I caught  sight  of  a large  bird 
circling  over  Prospect,  and  in  the  act  of  alighting  on  the 
Pepper-Box.  Sleepiness  was  forgotten,  as  I flew  down  the  hill 
and  across  the  bridge.  All  the  way  up  the  steep  climb  beyond, 
my  mind  was  filled  with  pictures  of  the  sensation  I should 
create  among  bird-friends  in  the  laboratory  that  afternoon. 
Breathlessly  I hurried  to  the  clump  of  larches  nearest  the 
Pepper-Box,  and  peeped  out.  There,  in  the  distance,  was  the 
queerest  bird  that  ever  I heard  of — pinkish  white,  it  seemed  in 
color,  and  of  a most  peculiar  shape.  Curiosity  made  me  bold, 
and  I crept  nearer,  dodging  from  tree  to  tree,  till  I was 
sheltered  by  an  old  oak  just  below  the  Pepper-Box.  What 
breath  there  was  in  me  suddenly  departed,  as  I gazed  at  the 
spot  where  the  bird  was  perched.  Bird?  It  was  to  all  appear- 
ances a baby!  No  ejaculation  seemed  appropriate,  so  I sat 
down  weakly  and  looked  on  while  that  small  individual  bobbed 
up  and  down  in  a gay  fashion.  Once  it  slipped  off,  and  I shut 
my  eyes  in  cold  horror  that  I might  not  see  the  tragedy.  When 
I dared  look  again,  it  was  sailing  around  the  Pepper-Box  on  the 
dearest  little  pair  of  wings  imaginable.  I could  still  think  of 
no  appropriate  remark,  so  sat  silent  with  open  lips.  Once  more 
“it” — whatever  it  was — alighted,  and  began  to  play  with  some 
articles  held  in  its  hand.  Its  back  was  turned,  so  I decided  to 
have  a closer  view.  A fine  shelter  was  afforded  by  the  two 
frosty-looking  evergreens  close  to  the  Pepper-  Box.  Light 
began  slowly  to  dawn  on  my  dazed  mind,  for  there,  slung 
between  its  wings,  was  a tiny  quiver.  “Cupid!”  I exclaimed 
aloud,  in  my  excitement.  At  the  sound  of  his  name,  the  little 
fellow  jumped  about  a yard  into  the  air.  I think  I did,  too^ 
when  he  landed  on  his  feet,  facing  me,  with  an  arrow  pointed 
at  my  breast.  I gasped  and  trembled,  and  clutched  my  bird 


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note- books  and  pencil,  as  if  in  them  lay  my  one  hope  of  safety. 
Who  knows  but  that  was  true?  Suddenly  Cupid  burst  into  a 
merry  little  laugh. 

“One  would  think  you  had  an  uneasy  conscience,  too,  to  see 
you  jump.  ” 

“Yes,”  I murmured,  feeling  that  this  was  the  easiest  word  to 
pronounce. 

He  lowered  his  bow  and  fixed  his  gaze  on  my  hands.  My 
clutch  tightened. 

“Say,”  he  exclaimed,  springing  from  the  roof  and  alighting 
on  a branch  at  a level  with  my  head;  “Say,  can  you  write?” 

“Why!”I  gasped.  “I — I think  so.” 

“In  what  class  are  you?”  he  next  demanded,  with  a 
mischievous  twinkle  in  his  eye. 

“Senior,”  I replied,  getting  redder  every  moment. 

“Used  to  taking  notes?” 

“Yes,”  I hurriedly  said,  anxious  to  save  my  reputation.  “I 
am  taking  a course  in  Lit.  now.” 

“Tell  you  what,”  said  he,  gazing  thoughtfully  at  his  arrow, 
“I’d  like  to  make  a bargain — I won’t  shoot  you  if  you’ll  help 
me  a bit.  It  would  be  real  fun  for  you,  too.” 

“I’d  like  to,  if  I can,”  was  my  fervent  reply,  prompted 
partly  by  the  dear  little  fellow's  smile,  but  mostly,  I confess,  by 
a desire  to  see  his  arrow  safe  in  its  quiver. 

“All  right,  then,” — he  was  sitting  down  on  the  bough — “I’ll 
tell  you  what  I want — My!  but  you  gave  me  a scare;  my  wings 
droop  a bit  yet,”  glancing  over  his  shoulder,  “I  thought  it  was 
Hermes  after  me  with  his  staff.  You  see,  I am  trying  to  get 
ahead  of  Apollo  and  the  old  ladies.  I guess  you  would,  too. 
Here,  I’ve  been  spending  most  of  my  allowance,  year  after 
year,  buying  arrows  to  waste  on  you  Senior  classes — how  many 
chocolates  I might  have  bought  for  Psyche  with  the  money! 
I’ve  wasted  a good  half  of  my  fortune  trying  to  hit  girls  who 
did  nothing  but  settle  down  to  teach  for  a lifetime.  When 
teachers’  agencies  first  came  into  vogue,  I thought  my  business 
with  a girl  was  over  when  once  she  had  filled  out  an  agency 
blank.  But  it  isn’t  safe  to  depend  on  that,  I have  found. 
Joining  a teachers’  agency  is  no  shield  against  my  arrows.  In 
fact,  it  is  often  a hopeful  sign.  But  my  troubles  are  over  now. 
Hurrah  for  Marconi!” 

During  this  stream  of  information,  I was  vainly  trying  to 
find  some  connection  between  Apollo,  teachers’  agencies  and 


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Marconi.  I suppose  my  face  showed  this.  Cupid  placed  a 
chubby  hand  on  each  knee  and  looked  at  me  solemnly: 

“I  told  mother  Venus  how  it  was,  and  asked  for  a bigger 
allowance.  She  said  I could  cut  down  my  confectionery  and 
florist  bills.  None  of  my  kisses  or  words  could  move  her,  so  I 
gave  up  that  scheme.  But  it  occurred  to  me  that  if  I could 
know  the  destinies  of  those  Seniors,  I wouldn’t  have  to  spend 
ammunition  on  the  hopeless  cases.  I asked  the  Fates  for  their 
catalogue  and  destiny  books,  so  I could  collect  a few  facts. 
Clotho  was  quite  willing — she’s  an  old  friend  of  mine;  I send 
violets  to  her  once  in  a while  but  the  two  old  ladies  objected. 
I suppose  they  were  thinking  of  all  the  tricks  I have  played  on 
them  to  get  poor  lovers  out  of  trouble.  I always  feel  ready  to 
take  a little  time  to  untangle  twisted  fates;  but  with  these  old 
ladies — snip  go  the  scissors.  They  didn’t  like  to  own  up  to  the 
real  objection,  so  they  said  I needed  work;  it  would  keep  me 
cheerful — as  if  I could  be  otherwise.  I’d  like  to  know  why 
they  have  taken  so  to  this  wireless  telegraphy  business.  It  would 
deprive  Iris  and  Hermes  of  their  occupation,  that’s  sure.” 

I burst  into  laughter  at  Cupid’s  long  face  during  the  recital 
of  his  grievances.  But  I looked  sympathetic,  and  before  I had 
time  to  say  anything,  he  edged  along  the  branch,  a little  nearer, 
and  leaning  far  out,  whispered: 

‘‘But  I’m  ahead  of  them!  You  see,  I don’t  usually  stay  all 
through  their  Olympian  meetings;  but  this  time  Hebe  had 
dared  me  to  trip  her  up  in  front  of  Zeus,  and  I hadn’t  found  the 
chance.  What  luck  for  me!  There  was  a heated  discussion 
about  setting  up  wireless  telegraphy  communications  with 
different  parts  of  the  universe.  At  last  it  was  agreed  upon. 
Again  luck  favored  me,  for  I overheard  Apollo  making  arrange- 
ments with  the  three  spinsters  about  what  day  they  should  send 
up  the  fates  of  the  graduating  class.  It’s  fortunate  he  was  in  a 
hurry.  It  seems  his  oracle  had  already  been  plied  with  ques- 
tions by  members  of  the  class” — just  here  the  clock  in  Mary 
Lyon  Hall  struck,  and  Cupid  sprang  up,  exclaiming:  ‘‘They 
were  going  to  begin  operations  at  six.” 

He  flew  to  a clump  of  evergreens  and  returned  to  the  top  of 
the  Pepper-Box  with  a pocket-sized  electrical  apparatus.  While 
he  was  adjusting  it,  he  called  to  me: 

‘‘I  am  going  to  act  as  operator,  to  take  the  messages  as  they 
pass  Prospect.  I’ll  read  them  off  and  you  take  notes.” 

I hurriedly  sat  down  and  prepared  to  do  my  best  for  the  dear 


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little  fellow.  Besides,  my  curiosity  was  aroused  on  my  own 
account,  to  see  what  the  fates  of  my  classmates  might  be.  As 
the  first  electric  waves  reached  the  Pepper-Box,  Cupid  was 
much  excited,  and  all  I could  catch  of  his  words  were : 
“Mount  Holyoke — nineteen-three — destinies.”  How  odd  the 
words  looked  under  the  description  of  a warbling  vireo! 

The  little  operator  became  more  quiet,  and  in  a business-like 
way,  with  only  a chuckle  or  side-remark  now  and  then,  began 
to  read  off  the  messages.  I give  you  the  words,  just  as  I 
copied  them  from  my  note-book  in  telegraph  form: 

Martha  Norton — Caucasian  Mountains.  Brigands.  Sec- 
ond Miss  Stone.  Joke  made  by  captive.  Captors  seized  with 
paroxysm  of  laughter.  Roll  on  grass.  Marvelous  escape  on 
camel-back.  Series  of  lectures  in  America. 

Evis  Berry — Villa  on  Bay  of  Naples,  near  Biological  Station. 
Resort  of  eminent  biologists.  Center  of  culture,  presided  over 
by  fair  and  gracious  lady,  young  American  scientist. 

Grace  Bacon — Huge  store.  Head  of  novelty  department. 
Paris  correspondent  for  The  Delineator.  The  latest  in  decorative 
coiffeur  and  jewelry. 

Charlotte  Allen — Charlotte  Allen,  Ph.D.,  head  of  English 
Department,  University  of  Chicago.  Golden  key  at  belt. 
Scholarship  of  this  one  individual  all-sufficient,  B.  K. 
granted  to  Mount  Holyoke. 

Edith  Mandell — No  more  trouble  for  rooms  at  Commence- 
ment or  Prom.  time.  Picturesque  edifice  opposite  the  hotel; 
quaint  china,  dainty  meals,  big  fire-places,  swinging  sign-board, 
immaculate  inn.  Edith  Mandell,  proprietress. 

“It’s  about  time  I had  a few  devotees,  it  seems  to  me,” 
sighed  Cupid.  “I’m  tired  of  these  business  transactions.  Just 
listen  to  this:  ” 

Harriet  VanWagner,  Sue  MacWilliams,  Lucy  Wells — 

South  Hadley  Provision  Trust  Company — monopoly  on  all 
things  eatable.  Wealthy  and  influential  alumnae;  business  and 
financial  ability  manifested  during  college  days. 

Blanche  Hamson — Post-graduate  work,  of  course;  on  staff 
of  instructors  at  Wood’s  Holl,  of  course.  Attention  turned  to 
evolution  of  the  heart  in  genus  homo;  variety,  biologist;  speci- 
men, a professor  caught  at  the  meeting  of  the  Society  for  the 


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Promotion  of  Science  in  America — a case  of  natural  selection, 
of  course. 

Florence  Cowell — Serene  face,  white  handkerchief,  gray 
hair,  gray  bonnet,  gray  dress,  gentle  voice,  presiding  over 
Quaker  assembly. 

Allie  Drinkwater — Cupid  stopped  short.  “I  don’t  know 
whether  I will  read  her  fate  or  not,”  he  exclaimed.  ‘‘I  never 
spent  so  many  arrows  on  any  one  else,  with  such  poor  results. 
Such  a man-hater  as  she  is!  I’d  like  to  know  what  she  will 
come  to,”  and  he  read: 

Madly  wooed, 

Soon  married, 

Man  insisted, 

Point  carried. 

‘‘Clotho’s  spindle !”  he  ejaculated.  “What  next?  Well,  my 
arrows  must  have  hit,  after  all.  Here’s  the  next  victim.  Of 
course  she’s  mine.  I guess  I’ve  helped  send  off  enough  boxes 
of  Huyler’s  to  her.  What!”  as  he  read  the  message,  ‘‘Fooled 
again?  ‘Big  brick  house,  brass  door-plate,  home  for  aged 
spinsters,  Miss  Lena  Lewis,  Matron’.”  Cupid  looked  despon- 
dent. ‘‘Well,  one  ought  not  to  be  discouraged,  I suppose.  We 
must  hurry  on.  Here’s  a pair  of  names.” 

Marion  Lansing,  Helen  Knowlton  — Brigham  Hall. 
Dining-room,  buzzing  chatter,  long  table;  Miss  Lansing, 
matron,  carving  fish;  rattling  of  keys,  Miss  Knowlton,  head  of 
Domestic  Department,  takes  seat  opposite.  Topic  of  conver- 
sation— The  electric  wave  was  interrupted  here;  but  it  isn’t 
of  much  consequence,  for  the  topic  of  conversation  may  be 
assumed,  a priori. 

Winifred  Tilden — Palatial  residence  in  Madrid.  Trustee  of 
the  Institute  for  Girls;  Chairman  of  the  Anti-Bull-Fight 
League;  President  of  the  Society  for  the  Introduction  of  the 
Early  Elizabethan  Drama  into  Spain.  Husband  renowned 
Ambassador  to  Spain.  Chosen  because  of  his  lady’s  knowledge 
of  Spanish  affairs. 

Ethel  Green — Cupid  gave  a subdued  giggle.  ‘‘I  had  quite 
a time  deciding  on  which  side  of  her  heart  to  hit  her,”  he  said. 
‘‘Each  was  equally  vulnerable — the  American  side  and  the 
English  side.  But  then,  the  measles  made  the  latter  rather 
tender,  so  I hit  there.  The  Fates  have  agreed  with  me  for 
once.” 


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Ethel  Green— Hedge-rows  of  England,  white  cottage, 
climbing  roses,  six  sturdy  little  fair-haired  Yankee-Englishmen. 

Edna  Parker — Grand  discovery;  something  really  enjoyable 
that  isn’t  Zoology  IV,  Physics  IX  or  Chemistry  VI.  Voyage 
abroad  with  sister.  Streets  of  Vienna,  big  crowd,  young  ladies 
across  the  street.  Sudden  greeting:  “Oh!  I recognized  you  by 
your  dear  old  Mount  Holyoke  black-and-white  jacket!” 

Julia  Metcalf — Her  dream:  At  least  $5,000  salary,  a few 
hours  of  teaching  every  day,  lots  of  fun.  The  reality:  $100  a 
year,  district  school,  back- woods  of  Vermont,  “boarding 
’round.” 

Katherine  Reid — Purple  heather,  gleaming  loch,  white  little 
cottage,  “Tam’s  Bothie,”  open  window,  rosy-cheeked  lassie 
singing,  looking  up  the  road  for  the  gleam  of  her  laddie’s  plaid. 

Ethel  Ferry — Post-graduate  work  unnecessary.  Pilgrimage 
to  Blarney-Stone.  Position  assured,  head  of  big  teachers’ 
agency,  American  and  foreign,  for  teachers  in  high  schools, 
graded  schools,  kindergartens,  colleges,  female  seminaries, 
normal  schools,  manual  labor  schools,  co-education  institutions, 
settlements,  orphan  homes  and  insane  asylums. 

Amy  Drinkwater — Proud  mother;  single  chick,  prodigy — 
favorite  lullaby  Browning’s  “Sordello”;  reads  Milton  at  four; 
masters  Anglo-Saxon  and  Sanscrit  at  seven. 

Angie  Allbee — Regular  correspondent  for  the  Youth's  Com- 
panion,, $1,000  a year  for  all  the  stories  written.  Bright 
lecturer,  dates  made  six  months  ahead. 

Louise  Dodge — Big  college  agency — not  teachers’ — matri- 
monial; terms  easy,  letters  strictly  confidential,  commission 
only  10 % of  expenses  of  honey-moon.  Ability  along  this  line 
first  shown  in  college,  in  disposal  of  seven  boy  cousins. 

Esther  Roesch — Shareholder  in  Dodge  matrimonial  firm, 
eloquent  testimonial  letter-writer,  head  of  the  photograph 
exchange  department. 

Mary  Newhall — Early  promises  disappointed,  reputation 
made  as  a faculty’s  pet  Freshman  year,  development  thwarted 
by  departure  of  important  member  of  Latin  Department.  New 
line  of  work  taken  up  after  college:  Library  assistant, 

employed  to  keep  silence  in  reading-room.  Previous  training 
excellent.  The  silent  atmosphere  of  her  suite  after  college. 


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Grace  Fernald — Strain  of  mind;  double  bent — gymnastics? 
Psychology?  Potential  energy  changed  to  kinetic.  Result: 
Fernald’s  School  for  the  Development  of  the  cerebrum  by 
means  of  Muscular  Exercises. 

Edith  Hall — Lady  purchaser  for  heiresses  of  Chicago  and 
New  York;  splendid  taste,  always  in  fashion,  authority  on 
latest  styles. 

Minnie  Hoyt — Hoyt  firm  of  design  and  art  material; 
exquisite  etcher,  painter  in  water-colors  and  designer. 

Jessie  Spaulding — Competition  of  forty-five  best  botanists 
for  appointment  as  official  botanist  of  the  Philippines — Professor 
Spaulding  of  Mount  Holyoke  successful. 

Louise  Sterner — “Now  Louie  shows  a proper  spirit,”  said 
the  voice  from  the  Pepper-Box.  “She  slept  on  some  wedding 
cake  the  other  night.  I helped  her  draw  the  right  name.  We 
were  both  much  pleased.” 

Louise  Sterner — Nice  motherly  little  body,  with  five  adopted 
children. 

May  Pinney — Carefully  wrought  plan  to  meet  need  in 
colleges — Normal  Training  School  for  Chaperones,  at  Moody’s 
Corners,  Mass.  Easy  access  from  Mount  Holyoke,  Amherst 
and  Smith.  Branch  institutions  at  Cambridge,  New  Haven  and 
Williamstown.  Chaperones  engaged  by  the  hour,  day  or  week. 
“I  am  to  be  trustee  of  that  institution,  you  know,”  Cupid  added. 

Gail  Smith — Cupid  laughed  outright.  “She’s  mine,  all 
right.”  But  his  face  clouded  over  in  wrath  as  he  repeated  the 
message.  Fate  of  heart  attacked  by  too  many  wedges — cat, 
tea-cup,  white  apron,  “sweet  arts  of  a spinster.”  “Well,  I'll 
make  a pretty  big  try  yet,  in  that  direction;  and  I will  succeed, 
by  hook  or  crook,  in  spite  of  the  woven  thread,”  and  Cupid 
placed  his  hand  on  his  heart. 

Helen  Edson — Cotton  fields,  yellow  Mississippi,  little  white 
school  house,  first  primer,  two  dozen  little  woolly  black  heads, 
tall  benevolent,  white  teacher,  satisfaction  written  on  face, 
education  where  most  needed. 

Helen  Vogelson — Early  bent  developed  after  college. 
Important  position  at  Mount  Holyoke;  chief  factor  in  every 
illustrated  lecture;  honorable  title,  M.L.L.L. S.  (Master  of  Lime 
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“Bob-b-b-b,  Bob-y, ’’  read  the  operator,  in  a perplexed  tone. 
“All  I can  make  out  from  this  old  machine  is  ‘Germany, 
correspondent,  Little  Hans  and  Karl.’  Oh!  I know!  It  must 
be  that  Annie  Knight  and  her  German  correspondent.  I can 
just  see  the  little  German  Frau  leading  Karl  and  Hans  to 
market.  ’’ 

“I  guess  the  machine  is  going  to  behave  now,”  he  remarked, 
“here’s  a straight  message.’’ 

Sarah  Loomis — Captain  Loomis,  salvation  army,  angel  of 
the  slums,  beacon  for  sailors,  sunlight  for  prisoners. 

Mary  G.  Cook — Much  troubled,  thirty-fifth  voyage  across 
the  Atlantic,  wrecked  off  Africa,  popular  book  “From  the 
Equator  to  the  Cape  on  Foot.’’ 

Ethelind  Knight — Soloist  in  New  York,  great  instructor  in 
vocal  culture,  inventor  of  new  method,  book  entitled  “L’effet 
du  Matin  sur  la  voix. ’’ 

Alice  Woods — Street  corner,  flaring  torch,  big  crowd,  sweet 
voice,  hushed  noise,  softened  faces,  sympathetic  listeners  for 
Captain  Loomis. 

Florence  Mann — Washington,  stately  office,  ushers  in 
uniform,  President  of  United  States  at  his  desk,  private  secre- 
tary near  by.  Work  is  “so  easy,”  plenty  of  time  for  recreation, 
journal  work  and  bright  articles  on  Washington  society. 

Harriet  Moore — Western  mining  town,  dingy  streets, 
untidy  school  children.  New  teacher  from  Mount  Holyoke, 
clean  faces,  clean  homes,  clean  streets.  Name  of  village 
changed  by  legislature  to  Spotless  Town. 

Gwendolen  Jones — “At  it  again,’’  wailed  the  operator.  “I 
wish  this  machine  would  behave;  nothing  but  the  first  letter 
can  I make  out,  and  that  is  a ‘Y’.’’  There  was  silence,  broken 
by  Cupid  reading  another  and  another  ‘Y\  At  last  he  seized 
the  instrument  and  shook  it.  “There,  it’s  all  right  now,’’  he 
said,  “but  the  message  is  done,  and  all  I caught  was  the  last 
word,  ‘Yale’.’’ 

Mary  Carolyn  Fowle,  Elizabeth  Sargent — New  York 
harbor,  pilot-boat  along  side  steamer,  ladder  ropes  let  down, 
graceful  mount  to  deck,  inspection  of  immigrants. 


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Alma  Rose — No  longer  reduced  to  misery  of  living  with  an 
engaged  roommate.  Well  provided  for  now,  nice  Italian 
scholar,  Professor  Mater.  Alma  Rose  has  become  Alma  Mater. 

Ruth  Cutter — For  a steed,  nothing  short  of  an  elephant, 
purchased  from  savings  of  the  $1,000  position  as  superintendent 
of  the  instruction  of  a youthful  princess  of  India.  Trophies  of 
the  chase:  at  least  five  lion  skins  and  ten  tigers. 

Ethel  Hisgen — Dim  library,  yellow  leather  books,  midnight 
oil,  original  research,  Kant’s  philosophy  and  early  English 
Literature. 

Myra  Mabelle  Fulton — Course  of  history  with  Miss  Soule. 
Interest  aroused  in  ancestor,  Robert  Fulton.  Ten  years  spent 
in  trying  to  improve  the  steamboat.  Genius  turned  to  account 
in  new  channel — machine  taking  notes  in  the  library,  invented 
and  patented. 

Margaret  Cram — Palm  trees,  broad  veranda,  respectful 
black  servants  in  white  livery.  At  home  for  the  American 
consul’s  wife  to  the  European  ladies  of  the  Island. 

Martha  Webster — Hatchet,  bottles,  auditoriums,  temper- 
ance agitator  and  prohibitionist.  Endows  Institution  for  the 
Immediate  Cure  of  Inebriates,  by  the  Red-Pepper  Treatment. 

Eunice  Goddard — Nature-study  craving  developed,  graduate 
work  at  Johns  Hopkins,  special  topic,  the  bat,  its  anatomy  and 
habits,  largest  collection  of  species  in  country. 

Sara  Sears — Wealthy  widow,  fortune  honestly  earned, 
advertisements  written  for  Huyler’s  and  Lowney’s  confection- 
ery. Cupid  nodded  his  head  and  gravely  remarked:  “I  approve 
of  that.” 

Ethel  Cutler — Cupid  suppressed  a giggle,  and  drew  a long 
face.  Ethel  Cutler,  course  at  Hartford,  aim  to  master  Sanscrit, 
interpret  hieroglyphics.  New  star  arises  in  horizon,  ambitions 
vanish.  Conjunction  of  two  stars,  matrimonial  bliss,  foreign 
pastor  and  wife  from  South  Hadley  Church. 

Rosina  Childs — College  too  near  home,  must  have  change. 
Post-graduate  course  completed  at  Leland  Stanford  and  Pekin 
University. 

Grace  Davis — Mount  Holyoke,  June,  1907.  Senior  vote  for 
best-conducted  department;  unanimous  vote,  Physics  Depart- 


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ment.  Laboratory  enlarged  for  Sophomores.  Signature  on 
schedules  of  those  majoring  in  Physics — G.  Davis. 

Florence  White — Celebrated  art-educator  of  the  United 
States.  Author  of  standard  text-book,  “The  Function  of  the 
Poster  in  Art.”  First  professor  of  the  Chair  of  Posterology  at 
Mount  Holyoke. 

Mary  Clark — Big  diplomatist,  cultivated  the  faculty  assidu- 
ously while  still  in  college,  recommended  by  trustees  as  capable 
in  dealing  with  the  Powers.  Secured  appointment  as  Ambassa- 
dress to  the  Zulu  Islands. 

Alice  Smith — Serious  heart  trouble,  rupture  of  pericardium 
due  to  sudden  ingrowth  of  wedge-i-form  body.  Local  doctors 
unavailing,  New  Haven  alone  affords  relief.  Payment  of  all 
possessions,  including  self,  to  cancel  debt  of  gratitude. 

Helen  Gates  — Matron  of  faculty  college.  Plenty  of  time 
to  eat — fruit,  cream,  steak — no  croquettes,  no  hash.  Suites  of 
rooms  furnished,  absolute  quiet  assured. 

Alice  Bullard — Socialist — harangues  to  great  mobs  in  New 
York.  Subdued  only  by  weakness  in  the  affairs  of  the  heart. 

Helen  Bodwell — Post-graduate  courses  at  eight  colleges 
and  universities.  Commencement  gifts  for  every  degree. 
Remainder  of  life  spent  in  leisure  and  luxury. 

Helen  Fitts — Standard  dictionary  of  Biography  of  twentieth 
century  poets,  large  contributions  to  the  Encyclopedia 
Americana. 

Rosetta  Montgomery — No  late  banquet  menus,  Commence- 
ment invitations  early,  Llamaradas  correctly  printed,  catalogue 
at  half-price,  basket-ball  songs  free,  big  Montgomery  publish- 
ing establishment,  annex  to  the  popular  Montgomery  Magazine 
Company. 

Annie  Miller,  Edith  Poole — “This  is  a case  of  ‘two  birds- 
with  one  stone,’  ’’  commented  Cupid,  as  he  read:  A trip 

abroad,  tour  of  Europe;  Mile.  Poole,  soloist;  Mile.  Miller, 
accompanist;  ocean  voyage,  such  a good  chance  for  a visit,  just 
by  ourselves.  Concert  on  board,  Harvard  youth  in  audience, 
also  English  baron.  Moonlight.  Tedda  at  the  prow  (not 
alone),  Annie  at  stern  (not  alone).  European  campaign  given 
up,  ocean  rolls  between  Harvard  home  and  English  estate. 


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Anna  Chamberlain — “Well,  I never,  in  all  my  life!”  And 
Cupid’s  eyes  seemed  ready  to  pop  out  of  their  sockets.  “A 
prioresse!  Anna  Chamberlain ! Dark  serge  gown  and  solemn, 
long  face,  gazing  mournfully  out  on  an  awe-stricken  group  of 
young  novices  standing  about  her.” 

Katherine  Worcester — Stout  old  lady;  affable;  one  sorrow 
in  life — the  stealing  of  the  watermelons  from  her  model  vege- 
table garden. 

Carolyn  Griffin — Wins  championship  from  England  in 
field-hockey  tournament.  Successor  to  the  famous  Miss 
Applebee.  Costume,  Holyoke  blue  and  1903  yellow. 

Mary  Seymour — Large  estate  in  the  north  of  Maine. 
Summers  spent  in  fishing,  winters  in  writing  nature  sketches. 
Giving  lectures,  illustrated  from  life  photographs. 

Edith  Woodward — Cupid  stopped  short.  “I’ve  had  a 
wretched  time  with  that  girl!  Do  my  best,  I can’t  get  her  to 
be  nice  and  affectionate.  She  won’t  even  let  her  roommate  kiss 
her.  I haven’t  had  a chance  to  watch  her  closely  on  moonlight 
nights  in  the  Pepper-Box.  Ah!  just  hear  this,’’  and  he  read: 
“Edith  Woodward,  indulgent  chaperone,  sympathizer  with 
youthful  sentimentalities;  strict  only  in  requiring  of  her  family 
that  each  in  turn  shall  kiss  her  good-morning  before  being 
seated  at  table. ’’ 

Isabel  Mathison — “Do  you  know,’’  mused  Cupid,  “this  is  a 
unique  case.  I have  never  before,  in  my  experience  had  a girl 
arrive  at  college  who  could  say  that  she  was  acquainted  with 
no  man  except  her  brother.  I’ve  done  my  best  for  her,  but  she 
seems  careless  of  helping  on  my  attempts.  I will  leave  her  to 
the  Fates.”  Isabel  Mathison  fills  chair  of  Ethics — “Safe  now 
from  the  clutch  of  man.” 

Dora  Magdalene  Barnes — Office  in  South  Hadley — Doctor 
Preston’s  old  one.  Studying  to  obtain  data  on  the  physical 
problems  of  college,  chemical  solutions  if  possible.  Discovery 
of  “sleepy  grass”  about  the  Campus,  careful  weeding,  no  more 
trouble  about  hearing  rising  bell  in  the  morning. 

Amy  Hamson — One  discussion  for  Senior  class-meetings 
eliminated;  no  more  waiting  ten  weeks  for  photographs,  no 
poor  results,  no  long  sittings.  Amy  Hamson,  artistic  photo- 


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grapher,  Holyoke.  Quick  rise  from  position  of  assistant  to 
head  of  studio. 

Marguerite  Rogers — Eureka!  Life-long  search,  lengthy 
experiments,  applications  in  college  of  large  doses  of  History, 
Zoology,  Philosophy,  no  avail;  no  reduction  in  weight!  Success 
at  last!  Great  secret,  confidential  correspondence,  admittance 
to  circus  as  living  skeleton  guaranteed. 

Elva  Howell — Steady  rise  and  increasing  success.  All  due 
to  touchstone,  most  precious  of  all  possessions,  neat  packet  tied 
with  blue  ribbon,  recommendations  from  Faculty. 

Mvra  Hunter — Irresistible  attractions  in  the  South.  Small 
wooden  house,  middle  of  swamp,  screened  doors  and  windows, 
sterilizer,  flasks,  microscopes,  pet  dog  named  Anopholes,  and 
cat  Culex,  boon  companions  are  yellow  fever  germs,  important 
discovery  of  the  laziness  disease  germ. 

Margeret  Seymour — Camp  Seymour,  Adirondacks,  open 
from  May  to  October,  parties  please  apply  early;  chaperones 
carefully  selected;  young  ladies  instructed  in  hunting  and 
fishing.  An  excellent  place  for  class  reunions.  “There,  that’s 
what  I like,”  cried  Cupid,  enthusiastically.  “I  believe  I’ll  go 
there  for  my  vacation  when  Margeret  is  well  established.” 

Laura  Ethel  Smith — “Here’s  a girl  that  is  always  good- 
natured.  I like  that  sort,  even  with  the  fondness  for  study  that 
is  present  in  this  case.  I hope  this  is  a good  message  for  her.” 
He  started  to  read,  but  stopped  impatiently.  “I’m  tired  of 
these  scientific  pursuits.  She’s  going  to  Wood’s  Holl,  too.  I’d 
hate  that  place  if  it  were  not  for  the  excellent  opportunities  I 
have  for  work  there.  I’ll  have  her  in  mind.” 

Grace  McGovern — Cupid  laughed  amusedly.  “They’re  in 
trouble  there,  I should  judge.  There  is  excited  talking  among 
the  sisters — pretty  nearly  a quarrel.  Apollo,  meanwhile,  is 
getting  impatient  and  is  telling  them  to  hurry  up — that  he  will 
refer  the  name  to  me  if  they  wait  much  louger.  Wonder  if  he’d 
do  it,  if  he  knew  about  this  Pepper-Box  apparatus.”  You 
better  put  down  two  or  three  words  I overheard  in  the  discus- 
sion when  each  Fate  insisted  on  her  chosen  profession — the 
stage,  journalism,  instructor  in  cake-walking. 

Mary  Kilmer — Good  link  in  chain  of  evolution.  Equally 
agile  with  hand  or  foot,  a favorite  in  her  Canadian  home,  the 
envy  of  the  skaters  in  winter,  the  delight  of  musicians  in 
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There  was  a long  silence,  during  which  Cupid  looked 
puzzled.  “Can’t  make  it  out,”  he  grumbled.  “Something 
about  Neo-Darwinism  and  white  aprons.  Apollo  is  all  mixed 
up;  doesn’t  know  what  Wallace  is  meant.  The  Fates  say  the 
naturalist,  and  Apollo  wants  to  know  which  one — Alfred,  Louise, 
Elizabeth  or  Edith  Wallace.  Anyhow,  this  Wallace  is  to  wear 
white  aprons  and  a big  red  cross  on  her  arm,  and  be  a second 
Nightingale  of  some  sort.  Let’s  go  on.  Evidently  she  isn’t  a 
victim  for  me.’’ 

Marion  Chandler — Author  of  famous  “Child-Studies  and 
the  Art  of  Bringing  up  Children,”  based  on  personal  experience 
in  raising  ten  adopted  babies.  Side  talks  with  mothers  in 

Ladies ' Home  Journal. 

May  Pease — “Would  you  have  believed  it!”  exclaimed 
Cupid.  May  Pease,  stern,  angular  old  maid,  district  school 
teacher,  the  terror  of  the  bad  boys  of  the  neighborhood. 

Helen  Hume — Assistant  in  French  Department,  cottage  off 
the  Campus,  head  of  the  Circle  Franchise,  rooms  and  board  for 
French  instructors,  green  peas  a part  of  every  menu. 

Louise  Stowell — “Dreaming  Oxford  spires,”  ivied  towns, 
winding  streams,  master  minds,  ancient  libraries,  treasures  of 
literary  knowledge.  America  again,  Chair  of  English  Litera- 
ture in  a Western  college. 

Jeane  Taylor — Attractions  to  the  north,  Oxford  spires  fade 
on  southern  horizon,  mountains  of  Scotland,  North  Sea  to 
Norway,  Iceland,  Labrador  and  home.  Tales  of  the  Sagas 
translated. 

Mary  Kilbourn — “Now,  if  men  have  a grain  of  common 
sense  I’ll  have  her  safe  off  my  hands  before  long — such  an 
energetic,  business-like  girl.  Here  you  are:  Mary  Kilbourn, 

big  business  enterprise,  ideas  seized  upon  in  journey  to  far  East. 
Stall  established,  fresh-made  fudge  and  penutchi — at  railroad 
station  between  Joppa  and  Jerusalem.  Well  patronized, 
fortune  secured. 

Grace  McKibben — “Can’t  keep  track  of  her,”  came  the 
impatient  exclamation.  “I  always  did  hate  Mathematics,  and 
as  soon  as  I think  of  her,  the  figures  swarm  into  my  mind  in  the 
most  perplexing  problems.  If  Grace  is  spending  her  fourth 
year  at  her  third  college,  three  terms  at  two  colleges  and  two 


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semesters  at  the  other,  and  if  the  degree  of  A.B.  is  conferred 
after  a course  of  four  years,  what  portion  of  the  degree  has 
each  college  conferred?  3|A.  B.,  or  (AB.)t  or  ADF?  Well,  I 
don’t  have  to  settle  it.  Let’s  see  what  this  is  coming  along  the 
electric  waves:  Grace  McKibben:  One  sole  destiny — to  estab- 

lish and  conduct  a School  of  Domestic  Science. 

Emma  Day — Bound  to  succeed,  endless  perseverence,  years 
spent  in  problem  of  adding  comfort  to  student  life,  public 
benefactor,  name  known  in  every  college  circle,  inventor  of  the 
Emma  Day  fountain-pen,  absolutely  warranted  not  to  leak. 

I v a Smith — “This,”  said  Cupid,  “is  one  of  the  results  of 
my  labors,  performed  in  college  long  ago.  “A  merry  cry  of 
childish  laughter,  and  a delighted  cry,  ‘Come,  grandma!  Look 
at  baby!’  Framed  by  the  doorway,  stands  a figure,  aged  but 
erect,  with  white  cap,  snowy  hair  and  placid  face;  an  indul- 
gent smile  plays  upon  the  lips;  happy  the  grandchildren  of  that 
grandmother!” 

Nellie  Stearns — Circle  of  meek,  almond-eyed  maidens;  in 
center,  on  divan,  silk-clad  figure,  drinking  tea  in  delicate  china 
cups.  Why  not?  Husband  the  head  of  China  Inland  Tea 
Company. 

Alethea  Puffer,  Lillian  Clark,  Alice  Wilson,  Teane 
Holford,  Eunice  Burbank,  Florence  Frost — “Take  good 
notice,”  warned  the  operator,  “there  is  a string  of  names  here. 
A few  of  the  fifty-year  representatives  of  1903  in  South  Hadley, 
quartered  at  the  home  of  Jeane  Holford,  matron  of  Freshman 
house  off  the  Campus.  Dinner  time:  Lillian  Clark  and  Alice 
Wilson  compare  notes  on  the  golden  weddings  just  celebrated, 
while  husbands  discuss  politics.  Alethea  Puffer  and  Florence 
Frost  enter  into  heated  discussion  as  to  best  methods  of  disci- 
pline— arguments  gathered  from  careers  as  mother  and  grand- 
mother. Eunice  Burbank,  a merry,  round-faced  little  old  lady, 
vivacious  story-teller.  Freshmen  listen  entranced  to  tales  of 
early  dramatic  exploits  in  the  rendition  of  “Mrs.  Wiggs  of  the 
Cabbage  Patch,”  and  later  success  upon  the  stage  as  “Mrs. 
Malaprop.  ” 

Alice  Eaton — I was  writing  as  fast  as  I could  when  an 
explosion  of  laughter  from  the  top  of  the  Pepper-Box  made  me 
look  up.  “Say,”  cried  my  little  friend,  “did  you  know  I run 
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you  elected  Alice  Eaton  vice-president  of  To  Ss.  Not  much!  I 
put  that  election  through  so  as  to  give  her  a proper  training  for 
her  future  position  as  mistress  of  a lawyer’s  home.  The  mes- 
sage shows  my  precaution  quite  wise.  See:”  Alice  Eaton, 
life-partner  in  lawyer’s  firm. 

Claire  Howe — Glaring  sun,  stretches  of  desert,  broad- 
brimmed  hat,  heaps  of  ruins,  sound  of  pick-axe  and  shovel, 
bevies  of  Arab  workmen,  old  site  of  Nineveh,  big  discovery, 
standard  work  of  archaeology,  ‘‘Ten  Years’  Digging  at 
Nineveh.  ” 

Harriet  Quick — ‘‘Another  case  of  my  supervisions,” 
announced  Cupid,  “Do  you  remember  that  Sophomore  Glee 
Club  of  yours?  I ran  the  class-meeting  and  brought  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania  clubs.  Then  I maneuvered  the  eyes  of 
a certain  youth  on  the  platform  till  they  rested  on  a certain  face 
in  the  audience.  Now  you’ll  understand  the  message:  Harriet 

Quick — Patroness  of  U.  P.  dances,  social  leader  in  Philadelphia. 

May  Achorn — ‘‘A  providential  affair,”  remarked  my  friend. 
May  Achorn — A small  Achorn,  providentially  noticed  and 
picked  up  by  a man  in  a Brown  Study,  who  saw  and  recognized 
in  it  the  possibilities  of  a small  Achorn. 

Ruth  Walker — Early  taste  for  costume  designing,  drawing 
in  note-book  during  recitations.  Following  advertisement  in 
the  Llamarada\  ‘‘Miss  Walker — full  line  of  new  designs  for 
Mountain  Day  costumes.  Evening,  night  and  morning  wear. 
Ready-made  or  to  order.” 

Dagny  Grevstad — Manager  of  high-class  theater,  Holyoke. 
Dramas  arranged  to  follow  the  literature  classes  at  Mount 
Holyoke.  Retired  after  brilliant  career  on  the  stage.  Founder 
and  head  of  Foundlings’  Home,  for  the  children  of  actors  and 
stage  performers. 

Nellie  Frazer — Institutor  of  reform  in  Williams  College 
chapel  exercises,  inventor  for  new  rack  for  holding  books  in 
chapel,  edits  a local  map  of  good  driving  roads  about  South 
Hadley.  ‘‘These  may  seem  incoherent  occupations,”  remarked 
Cupid,  ‘‘but  there  is  method  in  her  madness,  which  I,  at  least, 
understand.  ” 

Sarah  Hollands — Disproves  absolutely  the  atomic  theory, 
hailed  as  a deliverer  by  the  Sophomores,  becomes  weary  of 
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Laura  Yale — “There,”  said  Cupid.  “I  wonder  what  on 
earth  is  going  to  come  to  her.  Polyhymnia  and  I had  a great 
quarrel  over  her  earlier  in  her  college  course.  Hermes  fixed  it 
up  between  us,  so  that  I could  claim  her  with  one  provision — 
that  the  man  in  question  should  be  a musician.  But  lately  the 
lyric  muse  has  been  cutting  us  out.  Let’s  see  what  the  old 
ladies  have  decided.”  Laura  Yale — English  Department, 
Mount  Holyoke,  three  years,  then  orange  blossoms,  cosy  home. 
She  at  piano,  absolute  contentment.  He,  in  smoking  jacket,  by 
the  open  fire,  wondering  whether  it  be  “Schuberts’  Serenade” 
which  is  being  played,  or  “Our  Director.” 

Marion  Richardson — Member  of  the  staff  of  Mrs.  Gulick’s 
School,  special  function  to  prepare  students  for  entrance  to 
Mount  Holyoke  College.  Return  to  America.  Fascinating 
lecturer  on  European  life. 

“Mercy!”  exclaimed  Cupid.  “This  is  blood-curdling!” 

Laura  Clark — On  Cannibal  Islands,  about  to  be  served  up 
for  Thanksgiving  dinner,  farewell  song,  islanders  in  tears, 
menu  reduced  to  cocoanuts  and  clam  chowder. 

Louise  Campbell — Plump,  rosy-cheeked  madame  of  middle 
age,  conductor  of  walking  parties  across  the  Alps,  first  woman 
to  scale  the  Matterhorn. 

As  Cupid  read  off  the  next  name  he  gave  a delighted  smile. 
“I  did  have  the  best  time  fixing  her!”  he  exclaimed. 

Marion  Barry — Silver  cup — not  athletics;  class  baby, 
Mexican  mines,  millionaire,  donor  of  Barry  Music  Hall,  Mount 
Holyoke;  emblem,  the  pine:  hopes  ever-Greene. 

Ruth  Ward — Matronly  figure,  seated  on  donkey,  picnic  in 
date  grove,  baby  in  saddle  bags  on  each  side,  father  driving 
the  donkey. 

Alice  Cook — “A  great  girl,”  said  Cupid,  speaking  half  to 
himself.  “I’ve  tried  again  and  again  to  hit  her,  but  she  does 
the  seventy-five-yard  dash  every  time,  and  escapes.  I wonder 
what  the  Fates  have  provided  for  her.  Let’s  see.  Alice  Cook 
— Donor  of  Cook  Athletic  Field  at  Mount  Holyoke,  the  most 
persuasive  woman  orator  of  America,  life-size  statue  in  the 
Student  Alumnae  Building. 

Alice  Van  Doren — Explorer  in  India,  climbs  Himalayas, 
wonderful  hunting  stories  to  tell  to  Mrs.  VanDoren’s  grand- 
children— the  little  Scudders. 


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Cupid  listened  sullenly  for  a while  and  then  stamped  his  foot 
as  he  grumbled:  “I  thought  I had  this  girl  for  sure,  but  listen 

to  this: 

May  Fiske — Successor  to  Sousa,  great  musical  festivals  each 
year  at  Mount  Holyoke,  pictures  on  posters  in  all  the  windows, 
and  bust  in  music-room. 

Emily  Esty — “Well,  I wouldn’t  have  believed  this  if  I had 
not  read  it  with  my  own  eyes,”  commented  the  operator. 
“Why,  I expected  the  most  brilliant  of  futures  for  her.  There 
was  every  promise  of  it  in  college.”  Emily  Esty — Versatility 
developed  in  one  direction — journalism.  Survival  of  the  fittest? 
Feather-duster,  camera,  note-book,  correspondent  for  the 
Delineator  and  Ladies'  Home  Journal . 

“Look  out!”  came  the  voice  from  above.  “Here  are  three 
names  together.” 

Esther  Heacock,  Gertrude  Heald,  Frances  Phillips — Big 
posters  on  every  fence  and  barn,  glaring  letters,  “Great  Collegi- 
ate Revival  of  Classic  Plays — Most  Popular  Season  on  Record. 
The  new  star,  Gertrude  Heald,  will  appear  as  ‘Little  Eva.’ 
The  old  favorite,  Esther  Heacock,  will  take  the  part  of  ‘Uncle 
Tom.'  Frances  Phillips,  Manager. 

Amy  Wiggin — Hawaiian  Islands,  sunshine  cheap,  flowers  all 
the  year  long.  Clever  invention.  Flowers  indefinitely  pre- 
served fresh,  unlimited  supply  to  the  United  States;  daffodils, 
a specialty,  always  on  hand  at  Mt.  Holyoke  when  wanted. 

Cora  Dyer — Cupid’s  eyes  softened.  “Dear  child,”  he  mur- 
mured, “I  never  had  a happier  time  settling  any  one.  We 
three  are  great  friends — she  and  I — and  he.  I’d  like  to  tell  you 
all  about  it  but  that  wouldn’t  be  quite  fair,  so  I’ll  just  read  the 
message:  “Cora  Dyer — Favorite  chaperone  of  Williams — so 

sympathetic  with  youthful  pranks.” 

Christine  Catrevas — Energy  and  enthusiasm — success. 
Position  on  staff  of  New  York  Tribune.  Christine,  leading- 
journalist  in  United  States. 

Edith  Richardson — Commencement  once  more,  Alumnae 
Association  meeting,  Edith  Richardson  presiding,  full  length 
portrait  beside  the  statue  of  Alice  Cook,  in  Student  Alumnae 
Building. 

Josephine  Belcher — Aspirations  raised  in  college  by 
domestic  work,  ideal  to  obtain  a position  in  a university,  ideal 


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obtained  by  studying  in  Germany,  obtains  degree  of  Frau, 
confirmed  by  German  professor,  life  position  as  helpmeet  to 
philosophical  chair. 

Luella  Winship — Estimated  as  an  American  gem  rather  to 
be  possessed  than  the  mines  of  Mexico.  However,  latter  are 
not  necessarily  given  up.  Literary  salon,  at  the  Capital  of 
Mexico.  Common  remark  in  social  circles:  “What  a splendid 

conversationalist !’’ 

Florence  Fair  ....  —There  was  a loud  buzzing,  but  the 
message  could  not  be  distinguished  It  was  irritating,  my  little 
operator  complained,  when  he  was  especially  curious  about  that 
fate.  “It  must  be  Florence  Fairbanks,’’  he  said.  “I  overheard 
her  remark  that  she  had  rather  stay  at  home  than  teach,  so  I 
decided  to  help  her  to  a home  where  there  was  no  danger  of 
any  teaching,  except,  perhaps,  a bit  of  kindergarten  work. 
I’ve  an  arrow  especially  sharpened  for  her,’’  and  he  settled  with 
his  foot  the  quiver  that  lay  close  by.  The  next  ten  minutes 
were  very  puzzling  ones,  for  the  machine  wouldn’t  work  well, 
and  some  guessing  had  to  be  done.  The  next  intelligible 
words  were,  “Consolidation  of  Amherst  and  Mount  Holyoke — 
failure  of  scheme  partly  atoned  for  by  union  of  representatives 
from’’ — and  the  buzzing  recommenced.  “Oh!  I know  whom 
they’re  talking  about!’’  said  Cupid.  “It’s  Elizabeth  Colby.  I 
overheard  Minerva  talking  with  her  committee  on  education 
about  the  young  graduate  of  Mount  Holyoke  who  was  sooner  or 
later  to  agitate  the  question  of  union  of  the  two  colleges.  The 
committee  did  not  favor  the  scheme.  But  perhaps  I can  fix  it 
so  Elizabeth  won’t  mind.” 

“Here’s  just  one  more  name!’’  Cupid  cried,  “and  I think  we 
can  get  the  message  even  through  this  poor  old  machine. 

Frances  Leavitt — Thirty  years  since  1903’s  Mountain  Day. 
Eager,  waiting  throng  on  the  mountain  top,  as  honorary 
members  draw  near.  Ringing  cheer,  three  times  three  for 
President  Leavitt,  honorary  member  of  1933.  White-haired, 
stately  figure  advances,  silence  during  the  reading  aloud,  in  soft, 
clear  tones,  a message  of  greeting  from  the  Ex-President  of 
Mount  Holyoke  to  her  granddaughter  class.  Three-times-three 
again,  for  Ex-President  Woolley,  patron-saint  of  1903,  and  her 
daughter  1933. 

Cupid  looked  down  at  me.  “It’s  long  after  your  breakfast 
hour  and  I must  be  going,  too.’’  He  picked  up  his  machine 


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and  his  quiver  and  started  to  fly  away,  but  instead,  he  came 
down  to  my  side.  “I  would  like  to  say  just  one  word  more,  on 
my  own  account.”  He  looked  wistfully  up  at  me.  ‘‘Say, 
would  you  mind  telling  the  Class  of  1903  how  I have  loved 
them?  And  the  honorary  members,  too;  they  have  been  very 
indulgent  and  sympathetic,  splendid  chaperones.  One  of  them, 
you  know,  belongs  to  me  now.  There  are  quite  a number  who 
have  dropped  out  of  the  class,  but  I keep  a close  watch  even 
there — and  a good  many  I have  settled  very  happily.  But  the 
girls  who  are  just  leaving  this  year.  Won't  yon  tell  them  that 
even  if  I can’t  do  everything  I had  planned  for  them,  I shall 
watch  over  every  single  one.  Do  you  know?”  and  his  voice 
choked,  ‘‘I  don’t  want  you  people  to  go.” 

Annie  C Tracy  (Special  dispatch  to  Class-Book  Committee, 
as  we  go  to  press) — 1923,  translation  of  Bible  into  an  unknown 
dialect  in  Turkey.  1933,  Head  of  Auburndale  Home  for 
Returned  Missionaries.  Shouts  of  laughter  at  bright  stories. 
Beautiful  gray  hair;  same  twinkling  brown  eyes.  Same 
‘‘Trannie  Acy.  ” 


COMMENCEMENT. 


PROGRAM  OF  COMMENCEMENT 


June  21 — Baccalaureate  Sunday, 

Sermon,  Rev.  Albert  J.  Lyman,  D.D.,  Brooklyn — “I  have 
called  thee  by  thy  name,  thou  art  mine,” 

June  22 — (Not  Ivy  Day). 

Junior  Dramatics — “A  Midsummer  Night’s  Dream,” 

Glee,  Banjo,  Mandolin  Club  Concert,  Mary  Lyon  Hall,  . 
June  23 — Ivy  and  Alumnae  Day. 

Alumnae  meeting, 

Memorial  Song,  Mary  Lyon’s  Tomb,  .... 

Tune — Marguerite. 

The  time  has  come  when  Nineteen-Three  must  go 
From  all  the  scenes  we  love  so  well — 

Must  leave  the  trees,  the  lake,  the  steps, 

Where  fondest  memories  dwell. 

We  cannot  bear  to  say  the  parting  word, 

But  would  a little  longer  stay ; 

But  loving,  faithful,  loyal  hearts, 

We’ll  take  with  us  for  aye. 

In  these,  the  last  days  of  our  college  years, 

Our  hearts  go  fondly  back  to  thee, 

And  every  heart  of  Nineteen-Three 
Is  filled  with  loyalty 
For  thee  who  founded,  many  years  ago, 

The  college  which  we  fondly  claim — 

Our  Alma  Mater,  proud  and  blest, 

A monument  to  thy  name. 

To  thee  who  left  us  many  noble  thoughts, 

High  aspirations  and  ideals, 

Old  Nineteen-Three  her  garland  brings, 

And  proudly  homage  yields. 

With  honor,  love,  and  deepest  reverence, 

We’ll  e’er  recall  thy  memory, 

For  aye  our  hearts  are  leal  and  true — 

The  hearts  of  Nineteen-Three. 


4:00  r.  m. 

3:30  P.  M. 
8 :oo  p.  m. 


9:30  A.  M. 
10:30  A.  M. 


We  place  our  tribute  wreaths  upon  thy  tomb, 
Then  slowly,  sadly  go  away. 

Our  play  is  done ; the  shadows  fall ; 

’Tis  the  twilight  of  our  day. 

Our  hearts  are  filled  with  things  we  cannot  say, 
But  love  and  faith  we  pledge  to  thee, 

Forever  steadfast,  firm  and  true — 

The  Class  of  Nineteen-Three. 

— Rosetta  Schuyler  Montgomery. 


College  Sungs,  Williston  steps, 10:45  a.  m. 

“O  Holyoke,  first  thy  stones  were  laid.” 

“Beside  a mighty  river.” 


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Junk  23 — Ivy  and  Alumnae  Day  (Continued). 

Class  Song. 

Planting  Class  Ivy,  Mary  Lyon  Hall,  ....  11:00  a.  m. 

Ivy  Song. 

{Music  composed  by  N.  H.  Allen.) 

A morning  glow  on  college  towers, 

White  mist  o’er  lakes  below; 

Soft  air  that  breathes  of  dew  and  flowers, 

And  branches  sweeping  low. 

Long  shadows  cast  by  tower  and  grove, 

A wood-bird’s  plaintive  call ; 

And  golden  glow  that  rests  above 
A western  mountain  wall. 

An  ivy  vine  that  creeps  and  clings 
O’er  moonlit  walls  of  stone, 

And  peeping  in,  through  arches  dim, 

Hears  the  deep  organ  tone. 

A memory  that  clings  and  winds 
'Round  Holyoke’s  well-loved  towers, 

And  dreaming  in  the  twilight  finds 
The  sweetness  of  past  hours. 

A lingering  thought  that  love  would  claim, 

And  leave  in  trust  with  thee — 

Men  call  thee  Ivy,  but  thy  name 
To  us  is  Memory. 

—Annie  Caroline  Tracy. 

Alumnae  Luncheon,  . . . . . . 1 :oo  r.  m. 

Step  Exercises,  Williston,  .......  5:00  p.  m. 

“In  quaint  South  Hadley  Town.” 

“Leal  and  True.” 

Senior  Step  Song. 

Junior  Step  Song. 


Step  Exercises  continued,  Chapel,  ..... 

“My  Heart  is  with  the  Yellow.” 

Class  Song. 

“Leal  and  True.” 

5/30  P.  M. 

Last  Will  and  Testament, . 

“Juanita,” 

“Where!  Oh!  Where!” 

May  Fiske 

Empirical  Suggestions  to  Successors.  . . Mary  Clark 

“Holyoke.” 

Junior  Class  Song. 

“Good  Night.” 

June  24 — Commencement  Day. 

Commencement  Exercises,  Chapel, 

Address  by  President  Ira  Remsen,  LL.  D.,  of  Johns 
Hopkins  University — “College  Education  Should  Help 
Students  to  Think  Clearly.” 

11  :oo  A.  M. 

Collation,  Gymnasium, 

1 :oo  p.  m. 

Organ  Recital,  Mary  Lyon  Chapel 

4:30  P.  M. 

President’s  Reception,  Mead  Hall 

8 :oo  p.  m. 

LAST  WILL  AND  TESTAMENT 


E,  the  Class  of  1903,  being  of  sound  and  disposing  mind, 


but  mindful  of  the  uncertainties  of  life  in  general,  and 


of  college  life  in  particular,  do  hereby  declare  this  to  be  our  last 
will  and  testament,  hereby  revoking  any  and  all  other  wills  by 
us  individually  and  collectively  at  any  time  heretofore  made. 

First.  After  the  payment  of  our  just  debts  and  final  Com- 
mencement expenses,  which  payment  we  direct  our  executors  to 
make  as  soon  after  our  departure  as  may  be  convenient,  we 
give,  devise  and  bequeath,  as  follows: 

Item.  To  the  Class  of  1904,  our  cherished  Senior  privileges, 
to  wit:  the  wearing  of  cap  and  gown  after  a certain  day  next 
Fall;  the  right  to  sit  or  stand  upon  the  steps  of  Lyman 
Williston  Hall  and  to  discourage,  by  look,  word  and  action,  all 
meaner  underclass  aspirants;  and  the  much-coveted  privilege  of 
sitting  opposite  at  the  regular  daily  meals  in  this  institution. 
This  last  privilege  we  would  urge  the  above  mentioned  class  to 
guard  from  all  such  dangers  as  neglect,  lateness  to  meals,  etc. 

Item.  To  the  Class  of  1904,  the  right  to  uphold  and  carry  on 
the  somewhat  recent  but  honored  custom  of  May-day,  with  all 
the  joys,  sorrows  and  appurtenances. 

Item.  To  the  Class  of  1904,  our  rights  to  compile  and  edit  a 
class  book,  together  with  our  advice  that  the  same  be  started 
somewhat  early  in  the  year. 

Item.  To  the  same  Class  of  1904,  our  particular  and  exclu- 
sive right  to  the  Summit  House,  Mount  Holyoke,  during  the 
short  period  of  bliss  commonly  known  as  Senior  Mountain  Day. 

Item.  To  the  Class  of  1905  we  do  give,  devise  and  bequeath, 
the  glorious  blue  banner  for  championship  in  basket-ball,  on 
which  are  thrice  inscribed  the  numerals  “1903,”  on  the  sole 
condition  that  they  do  cause  to  be  inscribed  below  the  above- 
mentioned  inscription,  the  numerals  “1905.” 

To  the  Class  of  1906  we  would  give  and  bequeath  the 
championship  cup  won  by  us  in  tennis,  charging  them  to  guard 
it  well,  and  hold  it  always. 

We  do  give  and  bequeath  to  the  faculty  of  Mount  Holyoke 
College,  the  sole  and  exclusive  right  to  wear  white  bows  in  their 
hair  at  either  faculty  or  student  Glee  Club  concerts. 

To  the  faculty  and  student  body  of  this  college,  we  do  give 
and  bequeath  the  college  magazine,  the  Mount  Holyoke , charg- 
ing them  to  cherish  it  tenderly,  that  its  life  may  be  long  in  the 
land. 


EMPIRICAL  SUGGESTIONS  TO 
SUCCESSORS. 


HE  Class  of  1 903,  with  that  becoming  modesty  which  has 


characterized  her  career  in  college  life,  does  not  presume 
to  offer  you,  Juniors,  Sophomores  and  Freshmen,  before  us 
assembled,  didactic  charges  or  dogmatic  generalizations.  Yet 
from  the  height  that  has  been  attained — 


and  from  this  more  stable  and  self-evident  elevation  on  Williston 
steps,  we  gain  a vision,  clearer  than  you  who  are  following,  of  a 
college  course;  and  we  feel  in  duty  bound  to  offer  our  experi- 
ence to  you,  that  hearing  you  may  profit,  or  at  least  be  bored. 

As  we  look  back  toward  our  sub-Freshman  days,  we  can  see 
the  strict  pedagogic  rule  of  proceeding  from  the  Known  to  the 
Unknown  worked  out  in  our  lives.  We  have  proceeded  from 
the  place  where  the  content  of  our  minds  was  limited  and 
defined  by  the  Entrance  Certificate  we  brought  with  us,  to  the 
place  where  our  wits  are  so  scattered  and  our  minds  so  muddled 
that  we  know  not  what  is  therein  contained;  and  did  not  a great 
scientist  of  this  college  declare  that  after  the  middle  of  May  the 
mind  of  a Senior  is  a Great  Unknown,  and  is  not  this  statement 
corroborated  and  upheld  by  others  who  have  since  sought 
opportunities  to  examine  us? 

On  our  journey  toward  this  wilderness — or  thicket,  if  some 
would  have  it  so — the  mighty  athletes  of  our  class  have  been  at 
hand  to  help  the  feeble  through  the  semi-darkness,  for  it  is  said 
that  the  light  of  our  intellects  has  shone  dimly.  As  we  look 
back  toward  you,  Successors,  we  see  you  stumbling  and  falling, 
uncheered  by  victories  on  the  athletic  field,  but  your  path  is 
bright  and  shining,  illuminated  by  the  Brilliant  Intellects  of 
1904.  If  you  would  make  your  advance  more  steady,  heed  the 
results  of  our  experience. 

You,  Freshmen,  will  soon  be  Sophomores,  and  our  counsel 
is,  “Despise  not  the  Freshman  and  ask  not  ‘Was  I ever  thus?’  ” 
Remember,  she  can  never  have  the  advantages  you  have  had  in 
knowing  1903.  Therefore,  sympathize  with  her  and  seek  to 


“ As  we’ve  toiled  up  the  ladder,  with  pain  and  with  strife, 
Toward  the  summit  of  honor  and  fame,” 


232  19°3  Class  Book. 

lead  her  from  her  ignorance  by  pointing  out  the  glories  of  this 
Senior  Class. 

Sophomores,  we  would  prepare  your  minds  for  a great 
shock.  Ere  you  come  back  in  September,  that  wisdom  which, 
in  the  words  of  a visitor,  has  formed  bay-windows  on  your 
brains,  will  have  disappeared  and  soon  you  will  be  groping 
blindly,  “outlining  your  own  ignorance.”  The  Class  of  1903, 
in  reviewing  the  same  change  in  its  mental  constitution, 
believes  that  a deeply-rooted  habit  of  introspection  will  be  a 
constant  and  unfailing  source  of  comfort,  first,  in  seeking  to 
find  the  pathway  by  which  your  wisdom  escaped,  and  second,  in 
understanding  with  appreciation  the  “I”  and  the  “Me,”  as  well 
as  many  other  elusive  chapters  in  James,  leading  possibly  to  a 
clear  definition  of  empirical.  In  passing  James,  we  are 
reminded  of  Gym.,  and  with  conviction,  resting  upon  experi- 
ence, proclaim  to  you  all,  that  contact  with  him  is  more  pleasant 
Junior  year  than  during  Senior  vacation. 

You,  Juniors,  are  so  near  the  great  Unknown  that  you  can 
testify  that  we  know  whereof  we  speak.  So  we  ask  that  classic 
question:  “Are  we  right?”  Your  path  may  seem  plain  before 
you,  yet  we  warn  you  of  jolts  and  jars  ahead,  for  your  dignity 
will  suddenly  collapse  in  the  Fall,  when  a Freshman  greets  you 
as  a fellow-sufferer  in  Entrance  Exams.,  yet  1903  has  found  this 
customary  with  Freshman  classes. 

So,  undergraduates,  with  these  few  suggestions,  we  leave 
you,  hoping  that  by  them  your  path  toward  “the  wide,  wide 
world,”  may  be  made  more  easy. 


CLASS  SONG 


O,  Holyoke,  again  would  thy  daughters  unite 
With  rejoicing  to  echo  thy  praise; 

To  tell  of  thy  virtues  and  matchless  delight 
In  the  tribute  of  song  we  would  raise. 

For  our  hearts  swell  with  love  and  devotion  to  thee, 

As  we  think  of  the  days  that  are  past, 

And  the  proudest  ambition  that  moves  Nineteen-Three, 
Is  that  she  may  be  true  to  the  last. 

For  we’ve  learned  many  lessons  from  books  and  from  life, 
Since  as  verdant  young  Freshmen  we  came, 

And  we’ve  toiled  up  the  ladder  with  pain  and  with  strife, 
Toward  the  summit  of  honor  and  fame. 

And  the  friendships  we’ve  formed,  may  they  evermore  be 
Brightest  jewels  in  memory’s  store, 

May  we  love  yet  more  dearly  the  old  Nineteen-Three, 
When  college  shall  know  us  no  more. 

So  the  yellow  we’ll  raise  as  our  emblem  so  fair, 

Side  by  side  with  the  pure  Holyoke  blue, 

And  with  loyal  allegiance  our  love  we  will  share, 

While  to  both  we  will  ever  be  true. 

Not  contented  to  drift,  carried  on  by  the  tide, 

Let  us  bend  with  a will  to  the  oar, 

Keeping  time  with  the  comrades  who  pull  by  our  side, 
Till  Nineteen-Three’s  voyage  is  o’er. 


ADDRESSES 


PERMANENT  ADDRESSES 


Achorn,  Mary, 

Allbee,  Angie  Gertrude, 

Allen,  Charlotte  Edwards, 
Bacon,  Grace  Ella, 

Barnes,  Dora  Magdalene, 
Barry,  Marion  Bartlett, 
Belcher,  Josephine  Camp, 
Berry,  Evis  Howard, 

Bodwell,  Helen  Elizabeth, 
Bullard,  Alice, 

Burbank,  Eunice  Bliss, 
Campbell,  Hattie  Louise, 
Catrevas,  Christina, 
Chamberlain,  Anna, 

Chandler,  Marion  Clifton, 
Childs,  Rosina  Corinne, 

Clark,  Laura  Pyne, 

Clark,  Lillian  Elena, 

Clark,  Mary  Augusta, 

Colby,  Elizabeth  Marion, 

Cook,  Alice  Elizabeth, 

Cook,  Mary  Gwendolyn, 
Cowell,  Florence  Augusta, 
Craigue,  Mabel  Frances, 

Cram,  Margaret  Estelle, 
Cutler,  Ethel, 

Cutter,  Ruth  Loring, 

Davis,  Grace, 

Day,  Emma  Shepherd, 

Dodge,  Louise  Whitney, 
Drinkwater,  Allie  Virona, 
Drinkwater,  Amy  Belle, 

Dyer,  Cora  Ethel, 

Eaton,  Alice  Goodnow, 

Edson,  Helen  Wheatley, 

Esty,  Emily  Harrington, 
Fairbanks,  Florence  Elizabeth, 
Fernald,  Grace  Maxwell, 
Ferry,  Mary  Ethel, 

Fiske,  May, 

Fitts,  Helen  Louise, 

Fowle,  Mary  Carolyn, 

Frazer,  Nellie  Eloi-se, 

Frost,  Florence  Houghton, 


6 Gray  Street,  Portland,  Me. 

7 School  Street,  Bellows  Falls,  Vt. 
Longmeadow,  Mass. 

Middletown,  Conn. 

313  President  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Passaic,  N.  J. 

26  Allerton  Street,  Plymouth,  Mass. 

282  Spring  Street,  Portland,  Me. 

19  Maple  Avenue,  Andover,  Mass. 

10  Normal  Street,  Worcester,  Mass. 
Longmeadow,  Mass. 

Windsor,  Conn. 

83  Rutland  Road,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

63  Franklin  Square,  New  Britain,  Conn. 

1 18  Court  Street,  Plymouth,  Mass. 

60  Lincoln  Street,  Holyoke,  Mass. 

Agawam,  Mass. 

Plantsville,  Conn. 

Bedford,  N.  Y. 

Natick,  Mass. 

314  East  King  St.,  York,  Penn. 

Merryall,  Penn. 

Ashburnham,  Mass. 

Amsden,  Vt. 

Church  Street,  Mt.  Vernon,  Me. 

15  Lincoln  Street.  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 

1208  Pacific  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

South  Lee,  N.  H. 

133  Highland  Avenue,  Gardiner,  Me. 
Grafton,  Mass. 

Greenwich.  Mass. 

Greenwich,  Mass. 

Ashburnham,  Mass. 

South  Sudbury,  Mass. 

680  St.  Nicholas  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Framingham,  Mass. 

West  Boylston,  Mass. 

Jewett  Avenue,  West  New  Brighton,  N.  Y. 
Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

North  Main  Street,  Palmer,  Mass. 

39  Newtonville  Avenue,  Newton,  Mass. 
Woburn,  Mass. 

Geneseo,  N.  Y. 

66  Auburn  Street,  Springfield,  Mass. 


igoj  Class  Look. 


237 


Fulton,  Myra  Mabelle, 

Gates,  Helen  Chapin, 

Goddard,  Eunice  Rathbone, 
Green,  Ethel  Elizabeth, 
Grevstad,  Dagny, 

Griffin,  Caroline  Irene, 

Hall,  Edith, 

Harason,  Amy, 

Hamson,  Blanche  Bradway, 
Heacock,  Esther, 

Heald,  Clara  Gertrude, 

Hisgen,  Nellie  Ethel, 

Holford,  Jeane  Post, 

Howe,  Claire  Greene, 

Howell,  Elva  Rebecca, 

Hoyt,  Minnie  Maria, 

Hume,  Helen, 

Hunter,  Myra  Irene, 

Hollands,  Sarah  Truair, 

Jones,  Gwendolen  Marshall, 
Kilbourn,  Mary, 

Kilmer,  Mary  Alice, 

Knight,  Annie  Dean, 

Knight,  Ethelind  Cartland, 
Knowlton,  Helen, 

Lansing,  Marion  Florence, 
Leavitt,  Caroline  Frances, 
Lewis,  Lena  Lea, 

Loomis,  Sarah  Augusta, 
MacWilliams,  Susie  Elizabeth, 
Mandell,  Edith  Frothingham, 
Mann,  Florence  Gertrude, 
Mathison,  Isabella  Selwyn, 
McGovern,  Anna  Grace, 
McKibben,  Grace  Kendall, 
Metcalf,  Julia  Adelaide, 

Miller,  Annie  Lavinia, 
Montgomery,  Rosetta  Schuyler, 
Moore,  Harriet  Cleveland, 
Newhall,  Mary  Addison, 
Norton,  Martha  May, 

Parker,  Edna  Alice, 

Pease,  Mary  Everett, 

Phillips,  Frances  Whitney, 
Pinney,  Mary  Elise, 

Poole,  Edith  Wilder, 

Puffer,  Alethea  Roxanna, 
Quick,  Harriet  Anne, 

Reid,  Katherine, 

Richardson,  Edith  Harris, 


Bradford,  Vt. 

28  High  Street,  Thomaston,  Conn. 

New  Salem,  Mass. 

161  Seymour  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

575  Cleveland  Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 

East  Granby,  Conn. 

16  Myrtle  Street,  Adams.  Mass. 

316  Delaware  Street,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

316  Delaware  Street,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
“Netherhouse,”  Wyncote,  Penn. 

3 Sacramento  Place,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

21  Cemetery  Street,  Fort  Plain,  N.  Y. 
Hazardville,  Conn. 

127  Eighth  Street,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

415  Pleasant  Street,  West  Brookfield,  Mass. 

18  Balding  Avenue,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
Warsaw,  N.  Y. 

Williamstown,  Mass. 

Watervliet,  N.  Y. 

Ellington,  Conn. 

South  Lancaster,  Mass. 

424  Broadway,  Somerville,  Mass. 

Hopedale,  Mass. 

83  Brown  Street,  Westbrook,  Me. 
Farmington,  Me. 

49  Dana  Street,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

30  Adams  Street,  Somerville,  Mass. 

48  Kidder  Avenue,  West  Somerville,  Mass. 
Centerville,  Mass. 

51  Avon  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

4 Walnut  Avenue,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Gardner,  Mass. 

219  Coram  Avenue,  Shelton,  Conn. 

643  Macon  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

582  East  Forty-fifth  Street,  Chicago,  111. 

103  South  Street,  Northampton,  Mass. 

South  Hadley*,  Mass. 

Muncy,  Penn. 

Holden,  Mass. 

19  Lowell  Street,  Lynn,  Mass. 

Lakeville,  Conn. 

61  East  Pearl  Street,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

64  King  Street,  Burlington,  Vt. 

92  Morningside  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Rockville,  Conn. 

46  Mt.  Vernon  Street,  Somerville,  Mass. 

10  Central  Street,  Methuen,  Mass. 

Wyncote,  Penn. 

7 Merrifield  Street,  Worcester,  Mass. 

St.  Elizabeth,  Washington,  D.  C. 


238 


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Richardson,  Marion  Louise, 
Roesch,  Esther  Ellen, 

Rogers,  Marguerite  Herrick, 
Rose,  Alma  Augusta, 

Sanborn,  Ruby, 

Sargent,  Elizabeth  Sears, 
Sears,  Sara  Winona, 

Seymour,  Margaret, 

Seymour,  Mary, 

Smith,  Abigail  Grace, 

Smith,  Alice  Eliza, 

Smith,  Iva  June, 

Smith,  Laura  Ethel, 

Spaulding,  Jessie  Goodwin, 
Stearns,  Nellie  Malvina, 
Sterner,  Louise  Evelyn, 
Stowell,  Louise  Payson, 
Taylor,  Jeane  Forrest, 

Tilden,  Winifred  Richards, 
Tracy,  Annie  Caroline, 
VanDoren,  Alice  Boucher, 
VanWagner,  Harriet  Cross, 
Vogleson,  Helen  Elizabeth, 
Walker,  Ruth  Naomi, 

Wallace,  Edith  Maynard, 
Ward,  Ruth  Porter, 

Webster,  Martha  Tappan, 
Wells,'*  Lucy  Caroline, 

White,  Florence  Donnell, 
Wiggin,  Amy  Elizabeth, 
Wilson,  Alice  Rosencrans, 
Winship,  Luella  Parker, 
Woods,  Alice  Christine, 
Woodward,  Edith  Lydia, 
Worcester,  Katharine  Fleming, 
Yale,  Laura  Anna, 


Pelham,  N.  H. 

382  New  York  Street,  Aurora,  111. 

154  Main  Street,  Bar  Harbor,  Me. 

246  Bay  Street,  Taunton,  Mass. 
Woodstock,  Conn. 

Manchester,  N.  H. 

25  Suffolk  Street,  Holyoke,  Mass. 

109  School  Street,  Bennington,  Vt. 

109  School  Street,  Bennington,  Vt. 
Leicester,  Mass. 

28  Willetts  Avenue,  New  London,  Conn. 
396  Union  Street,  Springfield,  Mass. 

10  Upham  Street,  Salem,  Mass. 

Milldale,  Conn. 

Saxtons  River,  Vt. 

302  West  Broad  Street,  Bethlehem,  Penn. 
Concord,  Mass. 

36  Marengo  Avenue,  Springfield,  Mass. 
1101  Douglas  Street,  Ames,  la. 

Waverly,  Troya  County,  N.  Y. 
Ranipettai,  Madras  Presidency,  India. 

4 Olyphant  Park,  Morristown,  N.  Y. 
Columbiana,  O. 

Stafford  Springs,  Conn. 

35  Orange  Street,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

33  Northampton  Road,  Amherst,  Mass. 
148  Dresden  Avenue,  Gardiner,  Me. 

1716  South  Sahica  Street,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
13  Hudson  Street,  Bangor,  Me. 

90  High  Street,  Auburn,  Me. 

Blairstown,  N.  J. 

74  Perkins  Street,  Somerville,  Mass. 

19  Beacon  Street,  Natick,  Mass. 
Thomaston,  Conn. 

15  Elmwood  Avenue,  Burlington,  Vt. 
Meriden,  Conn. 


“ Grow  old  aloqg  with  me  ! 

Tfye  best  is  yet  to  be, 

The  last  of  life  for  whiolri  the  first  was  made: 

©ur  times  are  iq  ft  is  brands 
^jffho  saith,  jff  wlqole  % planned , 

XJouth  shows  but  half:  trust  God : see  all,  nor  be  afraid.” 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


Page. 

Our  Honorary  Members,  . 

5 

Message  to  the  Class, 

1 0 

The  Class,  ..... 

1 1 

Former  Members,  .... 

142 

Memories, 

Then  and  Now, 

146 

Freshman  Year  Calendar, 

i53 

Sophomore  Year  Calendar, 

156 

Junior  Year  Calendar, 

158 

Senior  Year  Calendar, 

160 

1903  in  Basket-ball,  .... 

166 

Basket-ball  Songs,  .... 

167 

Heard  on  the  Campus, 

172 

Our  Opinions,  ..... 

173 

Our  Mutual  Acquaintances, 

178 

Election  Results,  .... 

179 

Mountain  Day  Chronology, 

186 

History  of  Class  of  1903,  . 

191 

Grinds,  ...... 

200 

Class  Prophecy,  .... 

208 

Commencement, 

Program  of, 

228 

Last  Will  and  Testament, 

230 

Empirical  Suggestions  to  Successors, 

231 

Class  Song,  ..... 

233 

